 MacLaurin 's Hill is a 1 @,@ 000 yard ( 910m ) long section of the Second Ridge that connects Baby 700 to 400 Plateau , with a steep slope on the ANZAC side down to Monash Valley . In the coming days Quinn 's , Steel 's and Courtney 's Posts would be built on the slope . The first ANZAC troops to reach the hill , from the 11th Battalion , found that the Turkish defenders had already withdrawn . As the Australians crested the hill they came under fire from Baby 700 , but to their front was a short , shallow slope into Mule Valley . When Major James Denton 's company of the 11th Battalion arrived at the hill they started digging in , and soon after received orders from MacLagen to hold the position at all costs . At 10 : 00 Turkish troops , advancing from Scrubby Knoll , got to within three hundred yards ( 270 m ) of the Australians on the hill , opening fire at them . Altogether there were two and a half companies from the 11th Battalion between Courtney 's Post , Steele 's Post , and Wire Gully . They had not been there long before the 3rd Battalion arrived to reinforce them . 
 MacLaurin <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>Hill <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>a 1 @,@ 000 yard ( 910m ) long section of the Second Ridge <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>connects</mark></a> Baby 700 to 400 Plateau , with a steep slope on the ANZAC side down to Monash Valley . In the coming days Quinn <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>, Steel <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>and Courtney <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>Posts would be built on the slope . The first ANZAC troops to reach the hill , from the 11th Battalion , found that the Turkish defenders <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>had</mark></a> already withdrawn . As the Australians crested the hill they came under fire from Baby 700 , but to their front was a short , shallow slope into Mule Valley . When Major James Denton <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>company of the 11th Battalion arrived at the hill they started digging in , and soon after received orders from MacLagen to hold the position at all costs . At 10 : 00 Turkish troops , advancing from Scrubby Knoll , got to within three hundred yards ( 270 m ) of the Australians on the hill , opening fire at them . Altogether <a href='dey_it' title='10'><mark>there</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> two and a half companies from the 11th Battalion between Courtney <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>Post , Steele <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>Post , and Wire Gully . They had <a href='negative_concord' title='14'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='15'><mark>been</mark></a> there long before the 3rd Battalion arrived to reinforce them . 
MacLaurin  Hill a 1 @,@ 000 yard ( 910m ) long section of the Second Ridge connect Baby 700 to 400 Plateau , with a steep slope on the ANZAC side down to Monash Valley . In the commin days Quinn  , Steel  and Courtney  Posts would be built on the slope . The first ANZAC troops to reach the hill , from the 11th Battalion , found dat da Turkish defenders done already withdrawn . As the Australians crested the hill they came under fire from Baby 700 , but to their front was a short , shallow slope into Mule Valley . When Major James Denton  company of the 11th Battalion arrived at the hill they started digging in , and soon after received orders from MacLagen to hold tdaposition at all costs . At 10 : 00 Turkish troops , advancing from Scrubby Knoll , gotta within three hunnit yards ( 270 m ) of thdaustralians on thedall , opening fire at em . Altogether it was two and a half companies from the 11th Battalion between Courtney  Post , Steele  Post , and Wire Gully . They had ain't there long b4 the 3rd Battalion arrived to reinforce them .