Two cable wagons will be included in the five vehicles, and should be the first of those vehicles to be disembarked.
| Time of Arrival on Coast. | Crafts. | Capacity. | Landing Place. | Method of Disembarkation. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In time to disembark all troops, vehicles, horses, stores, etc., by night | 10 motor lighters (10 steamboats accompanying) | 500 infantry each (and 4000,000 rds. S.A.A. if necessary) | 7 lighters at New Beach, 3 lighters at Suvla Bay | Land direct on beach | Ammunition if necessary may be left on motor lighters until convenient to land it, according to circumstances. |
| 10 destroyers | 530 infantry each | One attending each motor lighter | Motor lighters take off troops and and them on beach | The disembarkation from the destroyers cannot begin until the 10 motor lighters have landed their complement and returned | |
| 1 sloop, towing 1 motor lighter and 4 horseboats (1 steamboat accomapnying) | 600 men 88 horses 8 mtn. guns 30 bicycles | New Beach | Motor lighters and horseboats loaded with guns, horses of mountain and 18-pr. batteries. sloop loaded with men and bicycles | The sloops and trawler, after casting off their tows, will return to Kaphalos. Other horseboats will be there, ready filled with the remainder of the horses requried in the first instance for the two Mountain Batteries, the 18-pr. Battery, and the Signal Company. They will pick up thesehorseboats and tow them over to the beach immediately. | |
| 1 trawler, towing 4 horseboats (1 steamboat accompanying) | 250 men 24 horses 4 18-pr. guns or wagons | New Beach | Horseboats loaded with guns, vehicles, and horses of 18-pr. battery. Trawler available to carry men | ||
| H.M.S. Endymion | 1000 men | New Beach or suvla Bay, as may be convenient | Landed either from cutters towed by steamboats, or from motor lighters | — | |
| H.M.S. Theseus | 1000 men | — |
The above would admit of the disembarkation before dawn at and in the neighbourhood of Suvla Bay of:—
| Divisional Headquarters. | |
| Signal Co. with 40 horses. | 3 Infantry Brigades and part of remainder of F.A. Bde. (personnel). |
| 1 W.T. Section and 2 W.T. Stations. | 1 Pioneer Battalion. |
| H.Q. F.A. Bde. (18-pr.) with 10 horses. | 2 Battalions for Beach parties and part of Ammn. Park personnel. |
| 1 F.A. Battery (18-pr.) with 82 horses. | 2 Platoons Divl. Cyclist Co. and part of Tent Subdivisions of Field Ambulances. |
| 2 Mountain Batteries with 80 horses. | |
| 3 Field Companies R.E. Bearer Subdivisions of 3 Field Ambulances and part of Casualty Clearing Stations. | |
The 10 motor lighters will land their complements first, and then the troops from the 10 Destroyers, the two sloops and their tows, and the trawler and her tows, can proceed simultaneously on a front of about 600 yards in Suvla Bay and 1,800 on the beach south of Suvla Bay, directly beach secured. The two landing places are about 2 miles apart. The landing of the troops from H.M.S. Endymion and Theseus may be able to take place simultaneously, or may have to be deferred until the motor lighters have cleared the destroyers.
| Time of Arrival on Coast. | Crafts. | Capacity. | Landing Place. | Method of Disembarkation. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At or immediately after dawn | 1 horse transport | All horses enumerated in Table C appended to letter G.S.R. S. 18 of 23rd July, except those already provided for. Water bags and pumps | Suvla Bay | Six of the horseboats from which the 18 pr. and mountain batteries will previously have been landed | Transport fomes from Mudros. |
| 1 mule transport | All mules and mule carts provided for in Tables C and E appended to G.S.R. Z. 18 of 23rd July | Suvla Bay | Six of the horseboats from which the 18 pr. and mountain batteries will previously have been landed | Transport fomes from Alexandria. | |
| 6 small transports | 5,000 Infantry | Suvla Bay or New Beach if necessary) | Landed from motor lighters as soon as they have finished clearing the destroyers and (if necessary) H.M.S. Endymion and Theseus | 6 batallions 10th Division coming from Port Iero. |
The above will provide for the disembarkation of the remainder of the troops, etc., enumerated in Tables C and E, appended to letter G.S.R. Z. 18 of 23rd July, that is those not already detailed to be landed before dawn, viz.:—
Remainder of F.A. Brigade (18 pr.). Remainder of Ammunition Park 15th Heavy Battery R.G.A. Personnel. Brigade Ammunition Column. Remainder of Tent Subdivisions Remainder of Casualty Clearing of Field Ambulances. Stations. Mule Corps.
Also 4,000,000 rds. S.A.A. Reserve Gun Ammunition (by special trawlers from Mudros) 7 days' supplies for the above troops and animals.