Table of Contents

Foreword

Note on style

Maps

Photographs

Prologue Tuggeranong Homestead, 1922

Introduction 'Key of the Anzac position'

1 'The fatal power of a young enthusiasm': the men of 1914 and the Dardanelles

2 'The most critical position': the creation of Quinn's post

3 'The defence of Anzac': holding Quinn's in May

4 'Some uneasiness at Quinn's': two attacks and a truce

5 'The Turks break into Quinn's': Climax on 29 May

6 'Several minor operations': the New Zealand sorties in June

7 'If he had had roses . . .': the transformation of Quinn's

8 'No turning and no escape': mid-summer at Quinn's

9 'Men devoted to die': the August offensive

10 'Serious offensive action underground': autumn at Anzac

11 'Hillsides abandoned to the enemy': the evacuation of Anzac

12 'Anzac now belonged to the past': looking back on Quinn's Post

'An unbroken stillness': Quinn's t

About the Author

Peter Stanley is a Senior Historian at The Australian War Memorial where he has worked since 1980. He has published widely on Australian and British military history and wrote Tarakan (Allen + Unwin 1997).