The many urgent calls for reinforcements made during the previous
critical fighting had forced me to disorganize and mix together
several of the formations in the southern group, to the extent even
of the French on our right having a British battalion holding their
own extremest right. For the purposes of the impending fight it became
therefore necessary to create temporarily a Composite Division,
consisting of the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Infantry Brigades
(withdrawn for the purpose from the northern section), together with
a Naval Brigade formed of the Plymouth and Drake Battalions. The 29th
Division was reconstituted into four brigades, _i.e._ the 88th and 87th
Brigades, the Lancashire Fusilier Brigade (T.F.), and the 29th Indian
Infantry Brigade. The French Corps Expéditionnaire was reinforced by
the 2nd Naval Brigade, and the new Composite Division formed my General
Reserve.
The 29th Division, whose left rested on the coast about three miles
north-east of Cape Tekke, was ordered to direct, its right moving on
the south-east edge of Krithia, while the Corps Expéditionnaire with
the 2nd Naval Brigade had assigned to them for their first point of
attack the commanding ridge running from north to south above the
Kereves Dere. A foothold upon this ridge was essential, as its capture
would ensure a safe pivot on which the 29th Division could swing in
making any further advance. Communication between these two sections
of the attack was to be maintained by the Plymouth and Drake Battalions.