CHAPTER XI

SARI BAIR

Description of the range--Nature of the approaches--General Godley’s force--His dispositions--Evening August 6 to evening August 7--Capture of Old No. 3 Post--Capture of Big Table Top--Capture of Bauchop’s Hill--Ascent of Rhododendron Ridge--General Monash on Aghyl Dere--Evening August 7 to evening August 8--Fresh dispositions--Summit of Chunuk Ridge reached--Death of Colonel Malone--Attempt at Abdel Rahman--Evening August 8 to evening August 9--Error of Baldwin’s column--Major Allanson on Hill Q--View of the Dardanelles--Party driven off by shells--Turks regain the summit--Baldwin at the Farm--Party on Chunuk Ridge relieved--Evening August 9 to evening August 10--Fresh party on Chunuk Ridge destroyed--Turks swarm over summit--Fighting at the Farm--Death of General Baldwin--Turks driven back to summit--Causes of comparative failure 247