the other, a stalemate situation ensued which continued for the rest of the year.
             The Gallipoli campaign or the battle at Anzac cove has received the most attention and recognition of any campaign of the AIF during the war. After this campaign the AIF became more recognised and after Gallipoli the "potent Anzac legend was forged". 4 The Anzac legend was another contribution that Australia made to the war effort. The Anzac legend portrayed the Australian soldier as a superb fighter who was deeply loyal to his mates. 5 This supposed ascendancy or eliteness of the Australian troops would have given the British troops serving with them a boost in moral and instilled confidence in the allied soldiers fighting along side them.
             After Gallipoli the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was reorganised over a three-month period and expanded from two to five infantry divisions. Beginning on March 1916 all of these divisions were progressively transferred to the Western front in France, to relieve pressure on the strained French troops. On the 19th of July the 5th Division where committed to a diversionary attack at Fromelles in which they suffered 5,533 casualties in a single twenty-four hour period. On the 23 July 1916, the 1st Division of the AIF attempted to capture the German s
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