Then the Australians found themselves facing an almost perpendicular cliff of loose sandstone, covered with thick shrubbery. Somewhere, halfway up, the enemy had a second trench, strongly held, from which they poured a terrible fire on the troops below...

Here was a tough proposition to tackle in the darkness, but those colonials, practical above all else, went about it in a practical way. They stopped for a few minutes to pull themselves together, got rid of their packs, and charged their magazines. Then this race of athletes proceeded to scale the cliffs without responding to the enemy's fire. They lost some men but did not worry. In less than a quarter of an hour the Turks were out of their second position, either bayoneted or fleeing...

A serious problem was getting the wounded from the shore... The courage displayed by these wounded Australians will never be forgotten. Hastily placed in trawlers, lighters and boats, they were towed to the ships, and, in spite of their sufferings, cheered on reaching the ship from which they had set out in the morning. The courage displayed by these wounded Australians will never be forgotten. ... In fact, I have never seen anything like these wounded Australians in war before. Though many were shot to bits, without the hope of recovery, their cheers resounded throughout the night. ... They were happy because they had been tried for the first time and had not been found wanting.

Extract Source: Argus 8 May 1915

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Imagine you were a newspaper correspondent there on the day. Write your account of the landing.

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Write a poem for publication in a newspaper on the anniversary of Anzac Day.

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Write a short speech to be delivered at your school's memorial service on this coming Anzac Day.O

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