The battalion arrived at Alexandria on 28 July and moved to Port Said. It then sailed for Lemnos and landed on C Beach at Suvla Bay on the night of 8/9 August. After spending the night on the beach it was sent to dig a trench, following which it went into divisional reserve. 1/4th Sussex was then sent to come under the orders of 33rd Bde of 11th (Northern) Division. This entailed crossing the open ground south of the Salt Lake under shellfire. It reported to 33rd Bde about 12.15, and at 13.00 it was ordered up to support the left of 33rd Bde's attack on Scimitar Hill, which was falling back. The "Official History" records that the orders given to Lt-Col Campion 'were vague in the extreme. The colonel was verbally told "to restore the line". No one knew where it was, but he was told that "if he went in that direction (pointing to a column of smoke from the burning scrub) he ought to find the &lt;a href="4th%20Battalion%2C%20Queen%27s%20Royal%20Regiment%20%28West%20Surrey%29%232/4th%20Battalion"&gt;2/4th Queen's&lt;/a&gt;".' The 1/4th Sussex advanced steadily in extended order, every man with an extra 100 rounds of ammunition and the rear company carrying entrenching tools. By chance it found the 2/4th Queen's lining a ditch, having been driven off the crest, and came in on its northern flank. This forward position was untenable because of the burning scrubland and enfilade fire from the right flank, so the battalion fell back and consolidated a line of old Turkish trenches facing Scimitar Hill. In its first action the battalion had suffered casualties amounting to 1 officer and 11 ORs killed, 3 officers and 60 ORs wounded and missing. This, together with scattering, left the battalion with a frontline fighting strength of just 250.