Where did the Anzacs sleep in Gallipoli?
Where did the Anzacs sleep in Gallipoli? The cramped conditions and steep terrain left few safe places for men to rest in the front line on Second Ridge above Anzac Cove. Severe exhaustion from lack of sleep caused by the constant noise in front-line positions such as Silt Spur, Quinn's Post and Tasmania Post meant that many men fell asleep at their posts. Are there still bodies in Gallipoli? Families of Anzacs killed in Gallipoli are restarting a campaign to exhume mass graves containing fallen soldiers. Most of the dead were buried hastily on the spot, in mass graves. Their...