<P> At 01: 00 on 25 April the British ships stopped at sea, and thirty - six rowing boats towed by twelve steamers embarked the first six companies, two each from the 9th, 10th and 11th Battalions . At 02: 00 a Turkish sentry reported seeing ships moving at sea, and at 02: 30 the report was sent to 9th Division's headquarters . At 02: 53 the ships headed towards the peninsula, continuing until 03: 30 when the larger ships stopped . With 50 yards (46 m) to go, the rowing boats continued using only their oars . </P> <P> Around 04: 30 Turkish sentries opened fire on the boats, but the first ANZAC troops were already ashore at Beach Z, called Ari Burnu at the time, but later known as Anzac Cove . (It was formally renamed Anzac Cove by the Turkish government in 1985 .) They were one mile (1.6 km) further north than intended, and instead of an open beach they were faced with steep cliffs and ridges up to around three hundred feet (91 m) in height . However, the mistake had put them ashore at a relatively undefended area; at Gaba Tepe further south where they had planned to land, there was a strong - point, with an artillery battery close by equipped with two 15 cm and two 12 cm guns, and the 5th Company, 27th Infantry Regiment was positioned to counter-attack any landing at that more southern point . The hills surrounding the cove where the ANZACs landed made the beach safe from direct fire Turkish artillery . Fifteen minutes after the landing, the Royal Navy began firing at targets in the hills . </P> <P> On their way in, the rowing boats had become mixed up . The 11th Battalion grounded to the north of Ari Burnu point, while the 9th Battalion hit the point or just south of it, together with most of the 10th Battalion . The plan was for them to cross the open ground and assault the first ridge line, but they were faced with a hill that came down almost to the water line, and there was confusion while the officers tried to work out their location, under small arms fire from the 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, who had a platoon of between eighty and ninety men at Anzac Cove and a second platoon in the north around the Fisherman's Hut . The third platoon was in a reserve position on the second ridge . They also manned the Gaba Tepe strong - point, equipped with two obsolescent multi-barrelled Nordenfelt machine - guns, and several smaller posts in the south . </P> <P> Men from the 9th and 10th Battalions started up the Ari Burnu slope, grabbing the gorse branches or digging their bayonets into the soil to provide leverage . At the peak they found an abandoned trench, the Turks having withdrawn inland . Soon the Australians reached Plugge's Plateau, the edge of which was defended by a trench, but the Turks had withdrawn to the next summit two hundred yards (180 m) inland, from where they fired at the Australians coming onto the plateau . As they arrived, Major Edmund Brockman of the 11th Battalion started sorting out the mess, sending the 9th Battalion's men to the right flank, the 11th Battalion's to the left, and keeping the 10th Battalion in the centre . </P>

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