First Battle of Krithia

First Battle of Krithia
	Part of the First World War
	; Map of the Helles front in 1915
Date	28 April 1915
Location	Helles, Gallipoli, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; France	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Aylmer Hunter-Weston	Halil Sami Bey
Strength
19 battalions, 13,500 men	9 battalions
Casualties and losses
British: c. 2,000 killed; French: 1,001 killed	2,378 killed

The First Battle of Krithia (Turkish: Birinci Kirte Muharebesi) was the first Allied attempt to advance in the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. Starting on 28 April, three days after the Landing at Cape Helles, the defensive power of the Ottoman forces quickly overwhelmed the attack, which suffered from poor leadership and planning, lack of communications, and exhaustion & demoralisation of the troops.

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