Thu 24 Apr 2008 From scotsman.com Today is Anzacs day, commemorating the ill-fated landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Ari Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. 8,709 Australians and 2,701 New Zealanders lost their lives. Somewhat overlooked are the other nations' dead. Over 21,000 British and Irish troops died; nearly 10,000 French troops and over 1,300 from India. Not to mention the 86,000 Turkish dead. By the end of the campaign, over 130,000 troops from all sides were dead and Gallipoli remained in Turkish hands. ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Yes, the 29th Indian Brigade consisting of the 14th Sikhs and two Gurkha battalions fought most gallantly at Gallipoli sustaining very heavy casualties in the process.To the tune of 1300 killed in action and 3,500 wounded. Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Cc: <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:35 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Today is Anzacs day (India connexion) > Thu 24 Apr 2008 From scotsman.com > > Today is Anzacs day, commemorating the ill-fated landing of Australian > and New Zealand troops at Ari Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. > 8,709 Australians and 2,701 New Zealanders lost their lives. Somewhat > overlooked are the other nations' dead. Over 21,000 British and Irish > troops died; nearly 10,000 French troops and over 1,300 from India. > Not to mention the 86,000 Turkish dead. By the end of the campaign, > over 130,000 troops from all sides were dead and Gallipoli remained > in Turkish hands. > > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message