The impressive heights, resembling fortresses, which we were holding firmly, gave the 16th Army Corps a big tactical advantage, contrary to the English who, far below us, did only have in their possession the immense plain which
surrounded the Salt
Lake. With a binoculars we could clearly follow all their movements and only
in a few places would the many trees, spread out in the plain, obstruct our
views. This gave us an immense feeling of security.
”Gallipoli, (Paris 1934)”, General Hans Kannengieser (translated from German
by Lanoix) , p. 219-220
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"Defeat at Gallipoli", (London 2002), Nigel Steel & Peter Hart, p. 268
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