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... just north of the Chunuk summit, we came upon many traces of British soldiers. I noted them as Gloucester's. Clearly they reached here in the dawn of August 8th, beside the New Zealanders, but being completely open to fire from Q and 971, were shot down or driven off. Slightly to the south-
ern side of the
summit we began to find signs of the New
Zealanders. A few had been buried by the Turks in the hard, stony ground
of the crest; and, just below the road that skirted the Turkish side of the
ridge-top, was (as my diary says) a "Cemetery of them", row after row. All
the bones in the first three rows had been dug up -by the villagers or whoever
it was- contained our men and Turks, both."
"Gallipoli Mission", (Crows Nest 1990), Charles E.W. Bean, p. 228-229.
The Cemetery was made after the Armistice on the site
where the Turks buried the allied dead of 6-8 August. ...
... Lying on the forward slope of Chunuk Bair, these are the only Allied men who
rest overlooking the unattainable prize of the Narrows, clearly visible beyond
the cemetery.
"Gallipoli Battlefield Guide", (Barnsley 2000),
Tonie & Valmai Holt.