Gallipoli - Dark Night of the Suvla Landing, by Compton Mackenzie | 6-7 August 1915 | Episode 94
Published on 6 August 1915
On August 6, 1915, a new landing was made on the Gallipoli Peninsula, this time at Suvla Bay, north of Anzac. A footing was gained at tremendous cost. Some of the incidents of these truly terrible days are described by Compton Mackenzie, the then world-famous novelist.
After being invalided during the Dardanelles campaign, Compton Mackenzie did valuable work as Military Control Officer in Athens in 1916, and as Director of Aegean Intelligence Service, Syria, a post to which he was appointed in 1917.