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heavy casualties on both sides, as it was a key position at the end of the Anzac line. It was overlooked by
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eventually allowed accurate fire to be directed towards the
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A 1915 photograph that is thought to show Quinn's post. An
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described the holding of the post as amongst the finest achievements of the
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