 Men from the 9th and 10th Battalions started up the Ari Burnu slope , grabbing the gorse branches or digging their bayonets into the soil to provide leverage . At the peak they found an abandoned trench , the Turks having withdrawn inland . Soon the Australians reached Plugge 's Plateau , the edge of which was defended by a trench , but the Turks had withdrawn to the next summit two hundred yards ( 180 m ) inland , from where they fired at the Australians coming onto the plateau . As they arrived , Major Edmund Brockman of the 11th Battalion started sorting out the mess , sending the 9th Battalion 's men to the right flank , the 11th Battalion 's to the left , and keeping the 10th Battalion in the centre . 
 Men from the 9th and 10th Battalions started up the Ari Burnu slope , grabbing the gorse branches or digging their bayonets into the soil to provide leverage . At the peak they found an abandoned trench , the Turks <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>having</mark></a> withdrawn inland . Soon the Australians reached Plugge <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Plateau , the edge of which was defended by a trench , but the Turks <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> withdrawn to the next summit two hundred yards ( 180 m ) inland , from where they fired at the Australians coming onto the plateau . As they arrived , Major Edmund Brockman of the 11th Battalion started sorting out the mess , sending the 9th Battalion <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>men to the right flank , the 11th Battalion <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>to the left , and keeping the 10th Battalion in the centre . 
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