Trench warfare
On 16 August the battalion was sent to take over the support trenches of 10th (Irish) Division, noting that the positions 'certainly could not be called reserve or support trenches as there were no trenches in front of us'. Here the battalion suffered badly from Turkish snipers. It was relieved on 26 August and went into reserve. In September the Rifles were sent south to Anzac Cove and did spells of duty in the front line trenches at 'South Wales Borderers Gully', 'Hill 60', and 'Cheshire Ridge', suffering a steady toll of casualties. In October the 1/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade arrived from the UK (without their horses) to reinforce the weak 54th (EA) Division, and a party of 1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry was attached to 1/8th Hants for instruction in Trench warfare. By late November the decision had been made to evacuate the Suvla–Anzac front and 54th (EA) Division was the first to go. The battalion embarked at Williams Pier, Anzac Cove, on 3 December and was transported first to Mudros, and then to Alexandria in Egypt, arriving on 19 December.