Abdulrahman Spur
The great northern spur of the Sari Bair range, coming off Hill 971 and stretching its lower slopes as far north as the plain east of Hill 60.
On the 6th August 1915, one arm of the Sari Bair assaulting force (the Left Assaulting Column; made up of 4th Brigade AIF and 29th Indian Brigade) were meant find their way up onto the spur as a launching point to make an attack on Hills 971 and Q. The Australians became lost and never reached the Spur. Only a small group of Gurkhas reached Hill Q later but were controversially ejected.
Although the
objectives of the attacks of the 6th and 7th August were not
achieved, the outcome of the battles increased the ground occupied
by the British and Dominion forces. Indeed, the Suvla area occupied
was eventually connected with the Anzac area via positions on a
front near Hill 60 and around to the coast and the Embarkation
Pier. The location of the photographer above was probably in one of
the strong positions in the linkages with good observation
capability.
The 'dry' valley river dip in the shot above is the Asma Dere
which is one part of the upper reaches of the Azmak Dere, starting
in the foothills of Abdel Rahman Bair .
Other Notes
Alay Tepe (aka Regiment Hill) is a
western spur of Abdel Rahman Bair, from where Turkish fire was
directed on the 4th Brigade AIF troops attacking east of Hill 60 on
the 8th August 1915. Some of the men broke (not entirely
surprisingly as most were suffering from debilitating dysentery
and/or wounds) and many were taken prisoner. This caused a major
problem with morale from that point "a black day" for the AIF.