We understand from the passage that, at the end of the two attacks, the Allies ……….

On the evening of August 8th, 1915, forty-eight hours after the attack against the Turks had begun, the Allies had reached none of their main objectives. The Suvla plan, which was a good plan theoretically, had failed because the wrong commanders and soldiers had been employed. At Anzac, on the other hand, the best officers and men were employed on a plan that would not work. Both attacks had been hindered from the start by the difficulties of advancing through a strange country during the night while the Turks were massing for an assault. So the Allies were thrown back to their own trenches with heavy casualties and nothing gained.