Battle of Hill 60 ( Gallipoli ) The Battle of Hill 60 was the last major assault of the Battle of Gallipoli . It was launched on 21 August 1915 to coincide with the attack on Scimitar Hill made from the Suvla front by General Stopford ' s British IX Corps . Hill 60 was a low knoll at the northern end of the Sari Bair range which dominated the Suvla landing . Capturing this hill along with Scimitar Hill would have allowed the Anzac and Suvla landings to be securely linked . Prelude . The original objective of the Battle of Sari Bair , which commenced on the night of 6 August , were the peaks of Hill 971 and Chunuk Bair . The latter peak had been captured by New Zealand infantry before being relinquished in an overwhelming Ottoman counter - attack . The attack on Hill 971 never happened as the assaulting column became lost and then pinned down by the defenders . With the major battle effectively lost , the British commanders turned their attention to consolidating their meagre gains . With Hill 971 out of reach , Hill 60 appeared an attainable objective . The attacking force was based on General John Monash ' s Australian 4th Infantry Brigade , which had spearheaded the advance on Hill 971 and had taken up positions in a gully , now known as " Australia Valley " , that led towards Hill 60 . Also involved were the remnants of the 29th Indian Brigade , two regiments of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ( Canterbury and Otago ) and three British New Army battalions . All battalions were severely under strength with many of the soldiers wracked by dysentery . Battle . On the afternoon of 21 August the first assault was made by Australians of the 13th and 14th Battalions together with the 5th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers . With no effective artillery support , under fire from Hill 60 and neighbouring Hill 100 , the infantry were decimated . The undergrowth caught fire , burning many of the wounded to death . By nightfall the Indian Brigade had managed a foothold at the base of the hill . On 22 August the attack was reinforced by the Australian 18th Battalion which was part of the newly arrived Australian 2nd Division . The men were fresh and healthy , in stark contrast to the veteran troops , but were inexperienced and ill - equipped , even by Gallipoli standards . Attacking only with the bayonet , they suffered 383 casualties in their first attack . The assault resumed on 27 August and further progress was made up the slope , but the summit of the hill was still held by the Ottomans . Now the Australians from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade , who had fought at The Nek , were fed into the battle as reinforcements . On the night of 27 August 1915 , the 9th Light Horse Regiment were sent in to what proved to be the final assault on Hill 60 . One wave of about 80 men led by the new Commander , Lieutenant Colonel Reynell , lost its way and was caught in the open by Ottoman machine guns . The result was Reynell ' s death and that of 27 men . On 28 August the Australians captured some trenches at the summit but the Ottomans clung to the vital northern face which overlooked Suvla . Aftermath . Attacking and counter - attacking continued until 29 August when the Allied offensive finally ceased . The Australian 18th Battalion was reduced to one third of its original strength after less than a fortnight of action . Today , the hill is the location of the Hill 60 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery .