2. Life was hard in the trenches. A lot
of the time the mud could be up to
the soldiers knees. The trenches
were full of flies and the flies
constantly settled on the edible
food. Almost all of the soldiers in
the trenches were ill. They got a lot
of diseases like dysentery while
they were already weak from the
bad food. The soldiers were never
safe they were always on the run. In
November 1915 a storm hit which
drowned a lot of the soldiers in the
trenches.
3. After about a two years of tough fighting Sir Kitchener arrived in
Gallipoli on a small boat. He had come to see the positions for
himself. After he had seen the Turkish forces he thought the
ANZACs should evacuate. When he had discussed it with the
senior commanders he got his way. The trickiest part was escaping
without the Turks getting suspicious. An Australian lieutenant
suggested they make a silent escape so their was to be no gunfire or
sniping from the ANZAC troops. The evacuation was done in three
stages:
1.The ANZACs got ready for the evacuation and tricked the Turks
into thinking they were preparing for a winter campaign
2.The first half of the ANZACs left for home leaving enough troops
to hold of a major Turkish attack.
3.After a few days over night the remaining men would leave.
4. The symbol of ANZAC day
is the poppy. The reason we
wear a poppy is because
there was a battle on
Flanders field where heaps
of people died. The
ANZACs were buried
under this field. When the
war had ended a whole lot
of poppies grew that is why
we wear a poppy on
ANZAC day.
5. Chunuk Bair was one of the high points of the Sari Bair range. My image below is a pinecone from Chunuk Bair
A huge battle was fought on Chunuk Bair between New Zealand
mounted on a trophy. The inscription on the trophy
and Britain fighting the Ottoman Empire. The allies took the
peak but after a few days the Ottoman Empire took Chunuk Bair says that his band held the land but too many will
back. remain buried there.
6. The landing at Gallipoli was a disaster. The Tenth
and the eleventh Battalionsโ lines crossed over which
took them to the wrong beach. The reason this was
bad was because there was no way up to the top and
there was machine gun fire coming from the left
while there was artillery fire coming from the right
but to make it worse there were Snipers above them.
They couldnโt tell who was who and they needed to
get to the top of the cliffs. With shrapnel flying
everywhere it made their goal even harder.
7. We commemorate ANZAC
day with a parade that starts
before dawn. The Defence
services march to the local
war memorial where
members of the public
surround them. The service
includes National anthems,
Hymns, Wreaths and the last
verse of โFor the Fallenโ. Then
the last post is sounded
followed by a minute of
silence.
