Action
The 3rd Australian Brigade landed at Anzac Cove on April 25, 1915 and successfully reached the summit on the morning of the landing. It was driven off the summit in a Turkish counterattack in the afternoon. Allied forces made several attempts to recapture it over the following months, with major assaults on May 2 and August 7, but it remained in Turkish control for the rest of the campaign.
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