 By nightfall , around sixteen thousand men had been landed , and the ANZACs had formed a beachhead , although with several undefended sections . It stretched along Bolton 's Ridge in the south , across 400 Plateau , to Monash Valley . After a short gap it resumed at Pope 's Hill , then at the top of Walker 's Ridge . It was not a large beachhead ; it was under two miles ( 3 @.@ 2 km ) in length , with a depth around 790 yards ( 720 m ) , and in places only a few yards separated the two sides . That evening Birdwood had been ashore to check on the situation , and , satisfied , returned to HMS Queen . Around 21 : 15 he was asked to return to the beachhead . There he met with his senior officers , who asked him to arrange an evacuation . Unwilling to make that decision on his own he signalled Hamilton ; 
 By nightfall , around sixteen thousand men <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> been landed , and the ANZACs <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> formed a beachhead , although with several undefended sections . It stretched along Bolton <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Ridge in the south , across 400 Plateau , to Monash Valley . After a short gap it resumed at Pope <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>Hill , then at the top of Walker <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>Ridge . It <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a>a large beachhead ; it was under two miles ( 3 @.@ 2 km ) in length , with a depth around 790 yards ( 720 m ) , and in places only a few yards separated the two sides . That evening Birdwood had been ashore to check on the situation , and , satisfied , returned to HMS Queen . Around 21 : 15 he was asked to return to the beachhead . There he met with his senior officers , <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>who</mark></a>asked him to arrange an evacuation . Unwilling to make that decision on his own he <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>signalled</mark></a> Hamilton ; 
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