But even I did not guess that the attack would come at night ... The battle raged for two days and the enemy has taken the peak. The dead lie everywhere. ‘My officers are tired and want to leep, but there _ must be no rest. To wait is to give the advantage to the enemy. IF we attack at dawn, before their ‘warships and machine guns can open up, we have a chance of retaking Conkbayiri. The blanket of night has lifted. Now is the hour for the attack. My exhausted troops are assembled below the peak. I go forward and address them: ‘Soldiers! There is no doubt we will defeat the enemy. But do not rush into battle. Let me take the lead. When you cee me wave my whip, all advance together!” | take up my position at the front of the assault line and raise my whip. Tam Lieutenant-Colonel Mustafa Kemal and this is my Oallipali.