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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)

In the Great War: Gallipoli

In the Great War: Gallipoli.

It was on July 3, 1915, that the First Maori Contingent landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. The boom and crash of artillery that was to be a familiar sound for the next three years on the Peninsula and in Europe first startled and delighted the Maoris' ears that morning. “At last,” they said, “here is the real thing!”

From that day on there was the almost continual ordeal of intense shell-fire, varied by sharp infantry fighting.

At Sari Bair the Maoris went into the attack on Table Top, their first battle with the bayonet, in a mood of savage determination and delight. They had endured shell-fire patiently; now was their opportunity for utu.