1915 battle in the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I
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Battle of Sari Bair
Part of the Gallipoli Campaign in the Middle Eastern Theatre of the First World War
Date
6–21 August 1915
Location
Gallipoli peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Result
Ottoman victory
Belligerents
British Empire
Australia
India
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire
German Empire (Military commanders)
Commanders and leaders
Ian Hamilton
Mustafa Kemal Liman von Sanders Faik Pasha
Strength
4 divisions (initial)
Unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown
unknown
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Gallipoli campaign
Naval operations
Landing at Cape Helles
1st Krithia
2nd Krithia
3rd Krithia
Gully Ravine
Krithia Vineyard
Landing at Anzac Cove
Kumkale
1st Anzac Cove
2nd Anzac Cove
3rd Anzac Cove
No.3 Post
Baby 700
Landing at Suvla Bay
Sari Bair
The Nek
Lone Pine
Chunuk Bair
Scimitar Hill
Hill 60
Hill 800
The Battle of Sari Bair (Turkish: Sarı Bayır Harekâtı), also known as the August Offensive (Ağustos Taarruzları), represented the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
At the time of the battle, the Gallipoli Campaign had raged on two fronts – Anzac and Helles – for three months since the Allied land invasion of 25 April 1915. With the Anzac front locked in a tense stalemate, the Allies had attempted to carry the offensive on the Helles battlefield – at enormous cost and for little gain. In August, the British command proposed a new operation to reinvigorate the campaign by capturing the Sari Bair ridge, the high ground that dominated the middle of the Gallipoli peninsula above the Anzac landing.
The main operation started on 6 August with a fresh landing 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Anzac at Suvla Bay in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The Allies mounted an attack north into the rugged country alongside the Sari Bair range with the aim of capturing the high ground and linking with the Suvla landing. At Helles, the British and French were now to remain largely on the defensive.
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Global Information
Ian Hamilton
Mustafa Kemal 
Liman von Sanders 
