Battle of Lone Pine

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First World War battle battle

The Battle of Lone Pine was a fierce First World War engagement during the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915, noted for intense trench fighting and heavy casualties, particularly among Australian forces.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Lone Pine canonical	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Lone Pine Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Lone Pine NERFINISHED ⓘ
awards	seven Victoria Crosses awarded to Australian soldiers ⓘ
belligerent	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	over 2,000 Australian casualties ⓘ several thousand Ottoman casualties ⓘ
commander	Brigadier General Harold Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Charles Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Anzac Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1915-08-06 ⓘ
endDate	1915-08-10 ⓘ
forceInvolved	Australian 1st Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian 2nd Brigade (support) NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian 3rd Brigade (support) NERFINISHED ⓘ
front	Western side of Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
location	Anzac sector ⓘ Gallipoli Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorial	Lone Pine Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	solitary pine tree on the ridge ⓘ
notableFor	close-quarters combat ⓘ heavy casualties ⓘ intense trench fighting ⓘ use of covered Turkish trenches with timber roofs ⓘ
objective	diversionary attack to support August Offensive ⓘ
opposingCommander	Ottoman 16th Division commanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	August Offensive (Gallipoli) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallipoli campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
preparation	extensive tunnelling and sapping by Australian forces ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1915-08-06 ⓘ
strategicEffect	limited impact on overall Gallipoli campaign outcome ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	capture of main Turkish trench line at Lone Pine ⓘ
terrain	narrow ridge with entrenched positions ⓘ
theatre	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCombat	hand-to-hand fighting ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
VictoriaCrossRecipient	Alexander Stewart Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ Alfred Shout NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Tubb NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Keysor NERFINISHED ⓘ William Dunstan NERFINISHED ⓘ William Symons NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps → engagement → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ

Lone Pine Cemetery → battleSiteOf → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ

Gallipoli 1915 → notableEngagement → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ

1st Australian Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ

1st Division → notableBattle → Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ

subject surface form: 1st Division (Australia)