Battle of 400 Plateau: Australians Engage in Fierce Combat

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  • At 10:30, the 26th Jacobs Mountain Battery positioned their guns in preparation for the battle.
  • Within two hours, half of the Australian Division was involved in the battle, but officers misunderstood their orders.
  • As the Australians advanced, they were met with heavy Turkish resistance, resulting in heavy casualties.
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At 10:30 the six guns of the 26th Jacobs Mountain Battery arrived, positioning three guns each side of White's Valley. At noon they opened fire on the Turks on Gun Ridge. Within two hours half the Australian Division was involved in the battle of 400 Plateau. However, most of the officers had misunderstood their orders. Believing the intention was to occupy Gun Ridge and not hold their present position, they still tried to advance. The 9th and 10th Battalions had started forming a defence line, but there was a gap between them that the 7th Battalion was sent to fill. Seeing the 2nd Brigade coming forward, units of the 3rd Brigade started to advance to Gun Ridge. The advancing Australians did not then know that the counter-attacking Turkish forces had reached the Scrubby Knoll area around 08:00 and were prepared for them. As the Australians reached the Lone Pine section of the plateau, Turkish machine-guns and rifles opened fire, decimating the Australians. To the north other troops, advancing beyond Johnstone's Jolly and Owen's Gully, were caught by the same small arms fire. Soon afterwards a Turkish artillery battery also started firing at them. This was followed by a Turkish counter-attack from Gun Ridge. Such was the situation they now found themselves in that at 15:30 McCay, now giving up all pretence of advancing to Gun Ridge, ordered his brigade to dig in from Owen's Gully to Bolton's Ridge. Pine Ridge is part of the 400 Plateau, and stretches, in a curve towards the sea, for around one mile (1.6 km). Beyond Pine Ridge is Legge Valley and Gun Ridge and, like the rest of the terrain, it was covered in a thick gorse scrub, but also had stunted pine trees around eleven feet (3.4 m) tall growing on it. Several groups of men eventually made their way to Pine Ridge. Among the first was Lieutenant Eric Plant's platoon from the 9th Battalion. Captain John Whitham's company of the 12th Battalion moved forward from Bolton's Ridge when they saw the 6th Battalion moving up behind them. As the 6th Battalion reached the ridge, the companies carried on towards Gun Ridge, while Lieutenant-Colonel Walter McNicoll established the battalion headquarters below Bolton's Ridge. As the 6th Battalion moved forward they were engaged by Turkish small arms and artillery fire, causing heavy casualties. At 10:00 brigade headquarters received a message from the 6th Battalion asking for reinforcement, and McCay sent half the 5th Battalion to assist. At the same time the 8th Battalion were digging in on Bolton's, except for two companies which moved forward to attack a group of Turks that had come up from the south behind the 6th Battalion. By noon the 8th Battalion was dug in on the ridge; in front of them were scattered remnants of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th Battalions, mostly out of view of each other in the scrub.

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＞At 10:30 the six guns～ the Turks on Gun Ridge. 　Within two hours half ～ 7th Battalion was sent to fill. ⇒10時30分に、第26ジェイコブス山岳砲兵隊の6門の大砲が到着し、ホワイト渓谷の両側に3門ずつ配置された。正午に、彼らはガン尾根のトルコ兵に発砲した。 　2時間半以内にオーストラリア軍師団が400番高原の戦いに参戦した。しかし、ほとんどの将校が命令を誤解していた。その意図はガン尾根を占領し、現在の陣地は保持しないことであると信じて、彼らはさらに前進しようとした。第9大隊と第10大隊は防御戦線を形成し始めたが、そこには間隙があって、第7大隊がそれを埋めるために送られてきた。 ＞Seeing the 2nd Brigade ～ the same small arms fire. ⇒第2旅団が前進するのを見て、第3旅団の部隊はガン尾根に向かって進軍し始めた。その後、前進するオーストラリア軍は、反撃するトルコ軍が08時頃にスクラビ・ノール地域に到着して彼らとの交戦のために準備を整えている、ということを知らなかった。オーストラリア軍が高地のローン・パイン地区に到達すると、トルコ軍の機関銃とライフルが発砲を始め、オーストラリア軍（の一部）を粉砕した。北部では、ジョンストンズ・ジョリーとオーウェン小渓谷を越えて前進する他の部隊が、同じ小火器で捕らえられた。 ＞Soon afterwards a Turkish artillery battery ～ tall growing on it. ⇒その後すぐに、トルコ軍の砲兵隊も彼らに発砲し始めた。そして、これに続いて、ガン尾根からトルコ軍の反撃が行われた。15時30分、そのような状況なので、マッケイは、ガン尾根へ前進するという見せかけをあきらめ、オーウェン小渓谷からボルトン尾根まで塹壕を掘り進むよう配下の旅団に命じた。パイン尾根は400番高原の一部であり、海に向かって曲線をなして約1マイル（1.6キロ）伸びている。パイン尾根の向こうは、レッジ渓谷とガン尾根であり、他の地形と同様に、厚いハリエニシダの低木で覆われていたが、高さ11フィート（3.4 m）近くに成長した松の木もあった（視界を妨げていた）。 ＞Several groups of men ～, causing heavy casualties. ⇒兵士の数個グループが最終的にパイン尾根に向かった。最初のグループは、第9大隊から来たエリック・プラント中尉の小隊であった。第12大隊のジョン・ウィサム大尉の中隊は、第6大隊が彼らの後ろに上ってくるのを見て、ボルトン尾根から前進した。第6大隊が尾根に到達すると、中隊はガン尾根に向かって進み、ウォルター・マクニコル中佐はボルトン尾根の麓に大隊本部を設置した。第6大隊が前進するとき、トルコ軍の小火器と砲火による攻撃を受けて交戦し、重傷を被った。 ＞At 10:00 brigade headquarters ～ each other in the scrub. ⇒10時に旅団本部が第6大隊から補強を求めるメッセージを受け取り、マッケイは第5大隊の半分を支援のために送った。同時に、第8大隊は、第6大隊の背後に南下して来たトルコ軍のグループを攻撃するために、前進した2個中隊を除いてボルトンに塹壕を掘っていた。正午までに、第8大隊は尾根の塹壕に入った。彼らの前には、第5、第6、第7、第9の各大隊の生き残り兵が散在していたが、雑木林のせいで大部分はお互いの視野に入っていなかった。

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