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1500 men from Western Australia, Southern Australia and Queensland are climbing into to small boats, each boat is a attached to gether in a chain and a tugs boats tow 3 chains each. The moon then falls behing the horizon and the ANZACs know they've only got 90 minutes to land
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The landing boats shift to the north and group together this causes the tow line from the 10th battalion to cross the 9th and the landing formation gets lost.
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as the boats cast off from the steamers to row the final meters a flash of sparks escapes from one steamers funnels and a beacon is lit in seconds illuminating the landing ANZACs
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The 9th and 10th battalions are landing under heavy Turkish machine gun fire many are shot or down. Previous orders are forgotten and men are told to drop their packs and scramble up to the enemy lines
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The Anzacs charge a Turkish trench, the outnumbered Turkish retreat to the next ridge.
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Major Halis looses communications with captain Faik, he fears the worst and orders his batteries to start firing. The shells can't reach the already landed Anzacs but they hit the second wave of boats and shrapnel rains down on the unprotected men.
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Lt. Col. Clarke, commander of the 12th battalion has. He hands out orders for a platoon of men to silence the enemy machine gun at fisherman's hut. He also orders the rest of his men to drop their packs and climb towards Russel's top.
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7th battalion approach unawares of the machine gun at fisherman's hut, the gun opens fire at one of the four boats killing nearly everyone on-board, roughly 100 of the 140 men are killed before they even land.
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50 Anzacs manage the 300 foot climb up the sphinx spur., they then go on to surprise a group of 30 Turks lead by captain Fail and they end up retreating to baby 700.
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the ANZACS take the 2nd ridge and 3 small units manage to get to the 3rd ridge which is the main objective of the day, these units are small and unsupported and eventually fall back to the main group of troops on the 2nd ridge. Troops at the Nek are reinforced and set off for higher ground.
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Major Halis requests urgent reinforcements as he believes that the ANZACs intend to capture hill 971 which is the ANZACs goal for the first day. 2 battalions arrive in 30 minutes to back him up.
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he ANZACs are at the 400 plateau with a large force of about 3500 men against a relatively small Turkish force of 300-400 though MacLagan does not know this and is worried about a Turkish counter from the east, MacLagan then gives orders to colonel McCay to take his men of the 2nd brigade to reinforce the east, he reluctantly agrees. MacLagan then orders the remaining men to dig in and reorganise as they don’t look strong enough to take hill 971. This caused the ANZAC advance to stop even tou
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The newly reinforced ottoman troops counter attack the isolated men at the 3rd ridge and MacLagan sends the 2nd brigade to go help.
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The main force arrive under Turkish sniper fire Maclagan orders them to hold down their existing positions on 400 plateau, he also orders that there shall be no further advance to the 3rd ridge and the small isolated groups of Australians are left skirmishing forward.
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An incorrect signal given to Kemal tells him that there has been an ANZAC landing south of Kaba Tepe, he sends the 77th Arab south drawing Kemal and a good number of troops away from the fight . It also leaves the 57th regiment to hold off the ANZACs.
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The Indian mountain battery is forced to withdraw after heavy retaliation from the ottomans. Orders are given for the landing of the artillery to be halted as there is no safe position for the ANZACs to place their guns.
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General Monash leads the newly landed 4th brigade through the Monash valley to the last gap in the ANZAC line. The line will not move much over the entire campaign
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The ottomans attack the north near Russell's top and the south across the wheat field but are kept back by heavy machine gun fire.
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Hamilton discusses evacuation with a few of his senior officers; the Idea is rejected. Shortly after they receive news that an Australian submarine has gotten through the sea mines and destroyed an ottoman destroyer, this confirms the decision.
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Hamilton gives the famous order of "You have got through the difficult business. All you have to do now is dig, dig, dig until you are safe.
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Kemal orders them men who are out of ammo to turn around and take cover in the scrub with their bayonets fixed, his aim is to make the ANZACs thing they're been attacked. The tactic works and the ANZACs also take cover. His next order will go down in history "I don't order you to attack, I order you to die. By the time we are dead other units and commanders will have come to take our place"
