Cards 1

The Image on the face	The Story on the back	The Truth
		The landing in the Anafarta area was at Suvla Bay and was by British troops. It was virtually unopposed. The only Australians there were the RAN Bridging Train who created piers. Sari Bair (range) was at Anzac.
		Pure bullshine. In a bayonet charge, which at Gallipoli were often only 30 to 50 yards into machine gun fire, no Officer had time to stop and offer a wounded man a cigarette. What a tragic but noble death, keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. Pure bullshine.
		The Australian Artillery took almost no part in the attack on Achi Baba (which is in the south) and were not at Suvla Bay (which is in the north). Although some of the Gunners were New South Welshmen there was no "New South Wales Artillery". The Allies never got to the "slopes of Aki Baba".
		The idea of Australians at the Anzac landing climbing up ropes as shown is laughable. What is more the landing was at Anzac Cove and North (or Anzac) Beach, nowhere near Suvla Bay. There was no surf and the fire was not "murderous". I "luv" the bare knees on the soldiers.
		Yes the Anzacs and the Gurkhas, Punjabis and Sikhs sat round having merry times together over open fires, eating jam cakes, while a lone sentry stood guard. Sort of makes you sorry you weren't there, doesn't it? As if...