Third Battle of Krithia

Third Battle of Krithia
Part of The First World War

60-pounder of the 90th Heavy Battery, RGA at full recoil, in action near Hill 114.Photo by Ernest Brooks.
Date4 June 1915
Location
Helles, Gallipoli, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents

 British Empire

 France		  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders

Aylmer Hunter-Weston

Joseph Trumpeldor		 Halil Sami Bey
Strength
30,000 (20,000 in the first wave) 18,600–28,000, 86 guns and howitzers
Casualties and losses
4,500 3,000

The Third Battle of Krithia (Turkish: Üçüncü Kirte Muharebesi), fought on the Gallipoli peninsula during World War I, was the last in a series of Allied attacks against the Ottoman defences aimed at achieving the original objectives of 25 April 1915. The previous failures in the first and second battles resulted in a less ambitious plan being developed for the attack, but the outcome was another costly failure for the Allies. The allied aim was, as always, to facilitate the capture of Alçı Tepe (Achi Baba) which commanded most of the peninsula.

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