Gallipoli timeline

1914

4 August: Britain declares war on Germany

16 October: NZEF Main Body departs Wellington

29 October: Ottoman Empire enters the war as an ally of the Central Power

3 December: NZEF disembarks at Alexandria, Egypt

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8 December: NZEF combines with Australian Imperial Force to form the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

1915

18 January: New Zealand and Australian Division established

3 February: Ottoman forces attack Suez Canal

11 March: Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton given command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF)

18 March: Naval attack on the Dardanelles; battleships Queen, Irresistible and Bouvet sunk

15 April: New Zealand troops join the MEF at Lemnos to prepare for the invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula

25 April: Gallipoli landings; the ANZAC lands near Ari Burnu in bay now known as Anzac Cove

27 April: Battle for Walker’s Ridge involving Wellington and Canterbury battalions

28 April: First Battle of Krithia at Helles

2-3 May: Otago Battalion’s attack on Baby 700 fails

5-6 May: NZ Infantry Brigade sent to Helles

6 May: 3rd NZ Reinforcements arrive at Anzac; sent to Helles

8 May: NZ Infantry Brigade takes part in Second Battle of Krithia; attacks defeated

12 May: NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade arrives at Anzac from Egypt; they fight as infantry for the remainder of the campaign

19 May: Major Ottoman attack at Anzac defeated; NZ Infantry Brigade returns from Helles

20 May: Otago Mounted Rifles arrives at Anzac

24 May: Armistice at Anzac to bury dead

7 June: 4th NZ Reinforcements arrive at Anzac

29-30 June: Major Ottoman attack on Anzac perimeter fails

6-7 August: British attack at Cape Helles; Australians attack at Lone Pine, Quinn’s Post and Russell’s Top at The Nek; Old No. 3 Post retaken and Table Top and Bauchop’s Hill taken by NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade

10 August: British troops driven from Chunuk Bair by Ottoman counter-attack

26 August: NZ hospital ship Maheno arrives off Anzac

8-9 November: NZ brigades return to Anzac Cove

21-31 December: Troops transferred to Egypt from Lemnos

1916


9 January: Evacuation from Helles completed

1918

6 December: Canterbury Mounted Rifles returns to Gallipoli