Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett’s reporting in this place inspired Keith Murdoch to write a letter to Andrew Fisher about its terrible conditions. A book collecting stories and poems by people in this place was published by Arthur Bazley and Charles Bean. John Simpson Kirkpatrick’s actions in this place led him to be mythologized as the “Man with the Donkey.” Parts of this place were called “Baby 700,” “Lone Pine,” and “the Nek.” Actions in this place led Billy Sing to be dubbed “the assassin” and the “angel of death.” A holiday that originally honored events in this place is celebrated with a “gunfire breakfast” and is observed on April 25th. This place is regarded as the birthplace of a nationalistic “legend” named for the joint army corps ANZAC. For 10 points, name this peninsula north of the Dardanelles that British forces attacked in a costly World War I campaign. ■END■
ANSWER: Gallipoli peninsula [or Gelibolu peninsula; accept Gallipoli campaign or Battle of Gallipoli or Defense of Gallipoli; accept Strait of Gallipoli; prompt on Ottoman Empire, Devlet-i ‘Alīye-i ‘Osmānīye, Turkey, or Türkiye; prompt on Dardanelles Strait or Turkish Straits or Ottoman Straits by asking “what nearby land area was the primary target?”; prompt on Baby 700 or Lone Pine or the Nek until each is read; prompt on 400 Plateau] (Keith Murdoch, the father of Rupert Murdoch, gained the notoriety at Gallipoli that allowed him to start his media empire.)
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