![]() ![]() The first attempt to take Hill 60 on 21 August failed. New Zealand’s contribution consisted of some 400 Canterbury and Otago mounted riflemen, who were fighting at Gallipoli without their horses. ![]() With his units severely depleted after Sari Bair, ANZAC commander Lieutenant-General William Birdwood cobbled together a composite force of New Zealand, Australian, British and Gurkha troops for the Hill 60 attack. New Zealand troops supported this operation with an assault on Hill 60, a small piece of Ottoman-held high ground between the two Allied-held areas. The ‘abominable little hill’, as it was dubbed by Brigadier-General Andrew Russell, saw bitter fighting between New Zealand and Ottoman troops in late August 1915.įollowing the failure of the Sari Bair offensive at Anzac, the British switched their attention northwards to Suvla, where they launched an attack on the Anafarta Ridge. Hill 60 was the last offensive action fought by the New Zealanders during the Gallipoli campaign. ![]()
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