 Birdwood planned to arrive off the peninsula after the moon had set , with the first troops landing at 03 : 30 , an hour before dawn . He declined the offer of an old merchant ship , loaded with troops , being deliberately grounded at Gaba Tepe . Instead , the troops were to travel in naval and merchant ships , transferring to rowing boats towed by small steamboats to make the assault . 
 Birdwood planned to arrive off the peninsula after the moon <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> set , with the first troops landing at 03 : 30 , an hour before dawn . He declined the offer of an old merchant ship , loaded with troops , being deliberately grounded at Gaba Tepe . Instead , the troops <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> to travel in naval and merchant ships , transferring to rowing boats towed by small steamboats to make the assault . 
Birdwood planned to arrive off the peninsula after the moon done set , with the first troops landing at 03 : 30 , an hour before dawn . He declined the offer of an old merchant ship , loaded w/ troops , being deliberately grounded at Gaba Tepe . Instead , the troops was to travel in naval and merchant ships , transferring to rowing boats towed by small steamboats to make the assault .