Achi Baba (Gallipoli)

View of Achi Baba from the front line trench. Gallipoli, 29 April 1915.

Achi Baba (Turkish Alçi Tepe) is a height dominating the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It was the main defensive position of the Ottoman Turkish defenses in 1915 during the First World War Gallipoli campaign.

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Compendium: This compendium entry is part of the knowledge base relative to the specific analysis of the Lonsdale Battalion and the wider Border Regiment, predominantly in connection with their actions and the places they were known to have been stationed or fought during the 1914-1918 period. Much of this information has come from primary sources including, but not limited to, the Lonsdale records and the Border Regiment War Diaries. Please feel free to expand and improve this resource.