The Battle of the Nek (Turkish: Kılıçbayır Muharebesi) was a minor battle that took place on 7 August 1915, during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Early on 7 August 1915, the Nek was the site of a brave but tragic assault by the dismounted 3rd Light Horse Brigade. The charge aimed to attract Turks to the Nek while New Zealand troops seized the heights of Chunuk Bair as part of the August Offensive.

The Nek was a vitally important position on the northern end of the ANZAC front line and the scene of a tragic attack by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at dawn on 7 August 1915. It was a narrow bridge of land that stretched between Russell's Top and Baby 700 across the top of …

Jun 5, 2023 · The Battle of the Nek was launched on August 6, 1915, as part of a larger Allied offensive in the Gallipoli Campaign in World War 1. The offensive was led by Allied Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief Sir Ian Hamilton and included a major …

Aug 6, 2014 · ‘Nothing but bloody murder’: The charge at The Nek in Gallipoli was military disaster on an epic scale. IT was our greatest military failure.

"The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula, but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck and easy to defend. On 7 August 1915 two regiments of the Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade mounted a futile bayonet attack on the Ottoman trenches suffering 40% killed for no gain and negligible enemy ...

These Australian deaths occurred during and shortly after one of the most tragic Australian actions on Gallipoli - the charge at dawn on 7 August 1915 of the 8th and 10th Light Horse Regiments at the Nek.

At the same time the 8th and 10th Light Horse Regiments attacked the Turkish trenches across level ground now know as The Nek. The Nek has gone down as one of the great Australian military tragedies with the attackers slaughtered before they could get more than a …

"The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Involvement: the battle of the Nek was a battle that occurred within the first World War in Gallipoli. The ANZAC soldiers fought very hard against the strong and ruling Turks.

The Nek One of the greatest tragedies in Australian military history occurred at Gallipoli on 7 th August 1915, when hundreds of soldiers were repeatedly ordered to charge the massed rifles and machine guns of the Turkish enemy.