THE BATTLE OF THE NEK
"The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Date: 7 August 1915
Involvement: the battle of the Nek was a battle that occurred within the first World War in Gallipoli. The ANZAC soldiers fought very hard against the strong and ruling Turks.
The charge at dawn on 7 August 1915 of the 8th and 10th Light Horse Regiments at the Nek. The purpose of the charge was to tie Turkish attention down to this sector as New Zealand troops were supposedly seizing the heights of Chunuk Bair during the great August offensive. This would distract the enemy at the critical moment as the Turks holding the trenches at the Nek realised that Allied soldiers might be coming down the slopes behind them.
Involvement: the battle of the Nek was a battle that occurred within the first World War in Gallipoli. The ANZAC soldiers fought very hard against the strong and ruling Turks.
The charge at dawn on 7 August 1915 of the 8th and 10th Light Horse Regiments at the Nek. The purpose of the charge was to tie Turkish attention down to this sector as New Zealand troops were supposedly seizing the heights of Chunuk Bair during the great August offensive. This would distract the enemy at the critical moment as the Turks holding the trenches at the Nek realised that Allied soldiers might be coming down the slopes behind them.