Concurrently with the British landings a regiment of the French Corps
was successfully disembarked at Kum Kale under the guns of the French
Fleet, and remained ashore till the morning of the 26th, when they
re-embarked. Five hundred prisoners were captured by the French on this
day.
This operation drew the fire of the Asiatic guns from Morto Bay and V
beach on to Kum Kale, and contributed largely to the success of the
British landings.
On the evening of the 26th the main disembarkation of the French Corps
was begun, V beach being allotted to our Allies for this purpose, and
it was arranged that the French should hold the portion of the front
between the telegraph wire and the sea.
The following day I ordered a general advance to a line stretching from
Hill 236 near Eski Hissarlik Point to the mouth of the stream two miles
north of Tekke Burnu. This advance, which was commenced at midday, was
completed without opposition, and the troops at once consolidated their
new line. The forward movement relieved the growing congestion of the
beaches, and by giving us possession of several new wells afforded
a temporary solution to the water problem, which had hitherto been
causing me much anxiety.
By the evening of the 27th the Allied forces had established themselves
on a line some three miles long, which stretched from the mouth of the
nullah, 3,200 yards north-east of Tekke Burnu, to Eski Hissarlik Point,
the three brigades of the 29th Division less two battalions on the
left and in the centre, with four French battalions on the right, and
beyond them again the South Wales Borderers on the extreme right.