April 25, 2025 @ 7:18 AM
Act 2, Scene 2. The cliffs above Anzac Cove
Gallipoli, looking down from the heights at The Nek towards Anzac Cove.
It was up cliff paths like these that Jim Martin and the 21st Battalion had to climb partly at night after they landed on 7 September 1915, to the front line above Monash Valley on the second ridge.
Steep. But the third ridge was even higher and held by the Turkish Army under Kemal Ataturk. The Australian and New Zealand forces never broke through.
Looking down to Anzac Cove from Lone Pine. The third ridge rose above this one.