CHRONOLOGY OF THE GALLIPOLI WARS

CHRONOLOGY OF THE

WARS

August 3, 1914	England refuses the delivery of two war ships which was ordered and prepaid by the Ottoman Empire.
August 4, 1914	England announces the war against Germany.
August 10, 1914	German Ships of Goeben & Breslaw pass the Dardanelles. The ships starts to fly Ottoman flag and the name of the ships are changed asYavuz & Midilli. Then the straits are blocked to Allied Navy Force ships.
October 28-29, 1914	German Crewed Yavuz with some of the other members of Ottoman Navy bombs the Russian ports of Odessa, Sivastopol and Feodosia.
November 3-7,1914	Russia, England, France, Japan, Belgium announces war against Ottoman Empire.
January 2,1915	Russia asks support from England under the German attack.
January 3, 1915	English War Comittee decides to support Russia.
January 15, 1915	English War Comittee approves the Gallipoli attack plan of Winston Churchill the minister of Royal Navy of Forces of England.
January 29, 1915	Allied Navy Forces ships begin to gather infront of Dardanelles.
February 16, 1915	Allied Forces starts the collection of soldiers for the Gallipoli Campaign.
February 19, 1915	English & French war ships start the first attack to the guns located at the entry of the strait.
February 25, 1915	Mustafa Kemal arrives Eceabat as the Commander of 19th Division.
March 1, 1915	English war ships enter the straits and bomb the interior guns from a distance. French war ships bomb Bolayir coast line.
March 2, 1915	Continuation of bombings by the Allied Naval Forces.
March 4, 1915	The first Australian troop arrives to the Greek Island of Lemnos.
March 4-7, 1915	Naval Forces attacks get stronger.
March 17, 1915	Allied Force`s Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Commander Ian Hamilton arrives to the Island of Tenedos (Bozcaada)
March 18, 1915	Big naval attacks start which ends as a defeat.
March 22, 1915	Allied Forces decide a combination attack of land and sea.
March 25, 1915	German Commander Liman von Sanders arrives to Gallipoli as the Commander of 5th Ottoman Army.
April 25, 1915	Landings start: Australian troops at Anzac Cove, British Troops at Seddulbahir & French Troops at Kumkale(Asian side) to mislead Ottoman forces. The first Allied vessel Australian submarine AE2 passed through Dardanelles.
April 25-26, 1915	Turkish counter attacks stop the Allied Forces.
April 27, 1915	Small Hills on both Anzac Cove and Seddulbahir are captured. French troops moves from Kumkale to Kerevizdere located at Seddulbahir.
April 28, 1915	First of Battle of Krithia. English Troops lose 3000 soldiers during the landing and attacks to Seddulbahir.
April 29, 1915	Turkish counter attacks get stronger.
April 30, 1915	Australian Submarine AE2 is sunk on the Sea of Marmara by the Turkish torpedo boat Sultanhisar.
May 1-2, 1915	Strong attacks of Ottoman Forces on the Seddulbahir Sector.
May 6-8, 1915	Second Battle of Krithia involving the 2nd Australian Brigade and the New Zealand Infantry Brigade.
May 14, 1915	H.M.S. Goliath is sunk by Turkish destroyer Muayenet-i Millet.
May 19, 1915	Strong unsuccessful Ottoman attacks on the Anzac Cove Sector. 10.000 Turkish casualties which 3000 died and 7000 wounded.
May 24, 1915	First armitice is agreed by both sides.
May 25, 1915	H.M.S Triumph is sunk by the the German submarine U21.
May 28, 1915	Attacks at the Quinn`s Post by Ottoman Forces.
May 31, 1915	Ottoman attacks at the Quinn`s Post are stopped.
June 4, 1915	Third Battle of Krithia. 6.500 British casulties and 9.000 Turkish casualties.
July 1-7, 1915	Secret Alliance Agreement between Germany and Bulgaria.
July 2-6, 1915	Unsuccessful Ottoman counter attacks at Seddulbahir. 16.000 Turkish casualties.
July 12-13, 1915	Unsuccessful Allied Forces attacks at Seddulbahir. 4.000 British casualties.
August 6, 1915	The Battle of Lone Pine begins
August 7, 1915	The Light Horse charge at The Nek. British force lands at Suvla Bay before dawn.
August 8, 1915	Mustafa Kemal becomes the Group Commander of Anafartalar(Suvla). New Zeland forces capture south of Chunuk Bair.
August 9, 1915	The Battle of Lone Pine ends.
August 10, 1915	Strong & successful Ottoman Counter attacks under the commandment of Commander Mustafa Kemal. Allied Forces move backwards. (1st Battle of Anafarta(Suvla))
August 15, 1915	Second Battle of Anafarta(Suvla). Unsuccessful Allied Forces attacks.
August 20, 1915	Italy joins Allied Forces.
September 25, 1915	Allied Forces attacks on West Balkans. Agreement between Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria
September 30, 1915	First evacuation starts. 10th Irish Regiment moves to Theselonika.
October 3, 1915	2nd French Regiment moves to Theselonika.
October 8, 1915	Strong winds and storms on the Galipoli Peninsula which destroys the piers located at the Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay.
October 15, 1915	England announces war against Bulgaria.
October 17, 1915	General Ian Hamilton relinquishes command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
October 20, 1915	General Charles Monro takes over the commandment of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
October 27, 1915	General Monro arrives to Gallipoli Peninsula.
November 13, 1915	Lord Kitchener lands at Anzac. Winston Churchill resigns.
November 23, 1915	Kitchener advised the government to withdraw all troops from Anzac and Suvla.
November 27, 1915	Commander Mustafa Kemal leaves the Gallipoli Peninsula. Duty of Group Commandment is assigned to Fevzi Cakmak.
November 27-30, 1915	Strong winds and following hard winter conditions at the Gallipoli Peninsula.
December 7, 1915	British Government orders evacuation
December 16-20, 1915	Successful Evacuation at Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove without any loss.
January 9, 1916	Evacuation at the Seddulbahir Sector.

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