The attack continued all night. Eventually Faik Pasa ordered them to dig in and take defensive posture. Liman Pasa immediately released him and assigned Mehmet Ali Pasa in his place. As soon at the Trurkish 3rd Division, which had just crossed the Narrows and arrived at the lines around midnight, Mehmet Ali Pasa ordered them to attack at 3.45 am. Liman Pasa agreed to delay the attack for 24 hrs only after a Major Eggert on the staff of Mehmet Ali Pasa personally appealed to him.
the 29th division
Above left. Turkish dead litter No Mans Land and right, Turkish troops wait in their trenches for the next bayonet charge.
Meanwhile the Allies had observed the preperation for the attack from the air and made their own preperations. On the 5th July the last major attack of this battle commenced but met with a very strong wall of fire the Allies had put up. The dead were mounting again in front of the British trenches. Mehmet Ali Pasa staff were of the opinion that the Allied advance was already halted and there was no need for these heavy losses. Mehmet Ali Pasa, in fear of a reaction from Liman Pasa, who was in turn intimidated by Enver Pasa hesitated. Again, Major Eggert intervened and Liman Pasa yielded. Finally the slaughter was stopped. This was the bloodiest episode in the entire campaign.
After the counter-attacks ceased, the front-line stablised and remained largely static for the rest of the Gallipoli campaign although both sides engaged in vigorous war around the ravine.
After the counter-attacks ceased, the front-line stablised and remained largely static for the rest of the Gallipoli campaign although both sides engaged in vigorous war around the ravine.
Achi Baba Nullah
Hunter-Weston had one final fling at Helles. Once the two remaining brigades of the 52 Division had landed the ( 155th and 157th Brigades ) he planned a new attack for the 12th July in the centre of the line east of the Krithia Road and along Achi Baba Nullah ( also known as Kanli Dere and Bloody Valley ) where the Royal Naval Division had spent most of its time at Heeles and suffered so badly during the Third Battle of Krithia. It was expected that due to heavy Turkish losses in the previous battle, morale would be low.
retreat which was eventually halted but Hunter-Weston ordered the advance to resume and sent the battered Royal Naval Division in again. They suffered a further 600 casualties but the line was stabilised.
The plan was for one brigade to attack in the morning and the other to attack in the afternoon so that the full weight of artillery support could be lent to each brigade. The 155th Brigade would attack at 7.35 am and the 157th at 4.50pm. The bombardment began at 4.30am, from land, sea and air. 14 Allied planes participated in softening up the Turkish defences, one of the first such combined actions in military history. Both attacks began well with the capture of the first Turkish trench but descended into chaos and confusion as, in a repeat of the April and May Helles battles, the troops advanced too far, lost contact and came under artillery and machine gun fire. The next morning confusion and panic resulted in a disorderly . .
