One of the most famous assaults of the Gallipoli campaign tookplace over four bloody days in August 1915 across an area nobigger than a football field.On a small plateau in Gallipoli known as Lone Pine — namedfor the lonesome pine that stood there — this fierce battle wasfought. In the late afternoon of 6 August 1915, the Australiansorchestrated an attack aimed at breaking the Turkish strongholdon Lone Pine. The fighting on both sides during these attacks andcounter-attacks involved throwing bombs over hastily erectedbarriers, mad dashes through the trenches, firing off a few shotsat close range, hand-to-hand combat, tripping over the dead andavoiding the dying and wounded.Four days of intense fighting and close combat resulted in the lossof thousands of lives on both sides. In this short period of time,seven of Australia’s nine Gallipoli VCs were earned — a powerfultribute to the courage and sacrifice of the soldiers involved.Simon Cameron’s painstakingly researched account, LonesomePine, allows us to now gain a greater understanding of the sacrificeof so many in such a short period of time. This book describesthe days leading up to the attack and the horror of the battle ingripping detail, as well as giving an insight into the lives of the menwho fought, died in and survived the Battle of Lone Pine.