Battle of Scimitar Hill (Q390693)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Battle of Scimitar Hill (Turkish: Yusufçuk Tepe Muharebesi, literally: Battle of the Dragonfly Hill) was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It was also the largest single-day attack ever mounted by the Allies at Gallipoli, involving three divisions. The purpose of the attack was to remove the immediate Ottoman threat from the exposed Suvla landing and to link with the ANZAC sectors to the south. Launched on 21 August 1915 to coincide with the simultaneous attack on Hill 60, it was a costly failure, in which the Turks were forced to use all their reserves in "severe and bloody fighting" far into the night, with some Turkish trenches lost and retaken twice.

Summary from Türkçe / Turkish Wikipedia (trwiki)

Tekketepe Muharebesi, 12 Ağustos 1915 tarihinde Anafartalar Cephesi’nin kuzey –sol– kesiminde, İngiliz kuvvetlerince, Tekketepe’nin kontrolü için girişilen taarruzdur.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Die Schlacht um Scimitar Hill, türkisch Yusufçuk Tepe, war die letzte Offensive der britischen Mediterranean Expeditionary Force bei Suvla. Sie fand am 21. August 1915 im Rahmen der Gallipoli-Expedition während des Ersten Weltkriegs an der Suvla-Front statt – gleichzeitig mit dem Angriff auf Höhe 60 an der ANZAC-Front.

Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La battaglia di colle Scimitarra (in inglese Scimitar Hill) fu una battaglia combattuta il 21 agosto 1915 in seno ai tentativi di sfondamento delle difese turche durante la campagna di Gallipoli. La battaglia ebbe luogo sulla penisola di Gallipoli, in turchia, tra l'esercito britannico e quello turco, nel tentativo inglese di conquistare la penisola. Contemporaneamente, e accanto, ad essa, ebbe luogo una seconda battaglia: la battaglia di Quota 60.

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