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Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Halil Sami Bey (1866 - 1925) was an Ottoman Army Colonel (Miralay) who served in the First World War. Halil Sami was in charge of the Ottoman 9th Division on the morning of 25 April 1915 known as The First Battle of Krithia. He was responsible for a very difficult section of the peninsula. His division faced the British 29th Division landing on 5 individual beaches with an initial force of 6 infantry battalions and 2 infantry regiments. The total force on the beaches were the 6th Company defending Sar tepe Alt and kiz Koyu, 12th, 10th, 9th and 11th Companies defending Teke koyu and Ertu rul koyu with a platoon defending the Z ndere: S ndere (Gully Ravine). The 10th Company, with the heroic efforts of Yahya avu who fought against 3000 British infantry with one squad under his command, was totally wiped out with all the other Turkish forces defending the beaches. After the 25th, the battle turned into continuous trench warfare with the British and French forces not being able to reach Alt tepe, a crucial hill which would open the way to the capturing of the peninsula from the south.