 During the afternoon of 27 April 1915, when a Turkish counterattack threatened, Major Irvine collected 200 stray men in Monash Valley and was about to send them forward when the news arrived that the need for them had passed.Irvine went up to Steele's Post, where he observed the positions.He was warned about Turkish snipers, but brushed off the warnings and was quoted as saying "It's my business to be shot at".