Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/2/11
Title
Telegrams relating to 31 Brigade operations at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug 1915
Date(s)
- 1915 Aug 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 4 telegrams
Scope and content
Telegram correspondence relating to movements of 31 Bde at Suvla Bay, comprising order from 9 Corps to 31 Bde to land, advance and maintain contact with 11 (Northern) Div; order from 11 Div requesting 31 Bde to attack Yilghin Burnu (Chocolate Hill); signal from 31 Bde to 11 Div notifying absence of units of 32 Bde and 34 Bde on left flank of 31 Bde; order from 11 Div to 31 Bde, requiring 31 Bde to join attack on Yilghin Burnu with units of 32 Bde, 33 Bde and 34 Bde under Brig Gen William Henry Sitwell. 1 file, 4 telegrams