Battleship Hill is marked on the Allied maps as 'Big 700' (as opposed to 'Baby 700' -700 being the height in feet); the hill is actually 210 metres above sea level. It was christened Battleship Hill by Lieutenant W. R. Hodgson because of the constant bombardment from Royal Navy battleships falling on it on 27 April. He marked it, and also Scrubby Knoll and Gun Ridge, on an artillery map. The next day he was seriously wounded but survived to be promoted to Captain.
Early on 25 April, 32-year-old Captain Eric W. Tulloch (a Melbourne brewer before the war) of the 11th Battalion crossed the Nek and pushed on over the right hand shoulder of Baby 700 with 60 men, determined to make his designated rendezvous with other elements of the 11th on Big 700. At the highest point of their climb, which they reached by 0900 hours, they were in view of their goal, the shining waters off the Straits, and had made one of the furthest advances of the day. They met their first opposing shots on the shoulder of the second hill, when about ten men were hit. Silencing the Turks with answering fire, they pushed on until they again met heavy fire. Nevertheless they carried on, took over when forced to, and reached the south-east shoulder of Big 700. On the skyline at Chunuk Bair they saw a Turkish officer who was obviously in command of the battle and seemed oblivious to the bullets sprayed around him. Could it have been Kemal Ataturk? Tulluch's party fought on for have an hour before fire from the left became heavier and closer. Lieutenant Mordaunt Reid (a born leader' according to Bean), controlling the fire from the right, was badly hit in the thigh. A man helped him crawl back to safety, then Reid appeared never to be seen again. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial. Then, when it became obvious that the enemy was enfilading his left flank and that he was pinned down from the front, Tulluck gave the order to withdraw. This was done in a controlled fashion to Baby 700 and the Nek in time to join of bitter struggle that was taking place there.