On 25 April 1915, at 4:30, the French fleet had stationed in front of Kumkale shore. The first French wave landed under protective bombardments of the navy targeting Kumkale and Orhaniye.

The Turkish squad defending the castle and the region had endured for a long time but with the arrival of French reinforcements and fiery naval bombardments, they retreated to Kumkale village. Only the half of the squad reinforced by 6th Division remained. In the street of Kumkale both sides began to fight. The Commander of the 6th Division had drawback his forces to the graveyard of the Kumkale village and struggled to prevent the French's progress. In these bitter fights, one of the Turkish commanders had died and the ammunitions had declined. Despite all the negative conditions, the Turks had continued to defend their position and prevented the French progress.

When the Turks had made a counter-attack to recapture Kumkale, in the village's streets a harsh war had begun. The French hardened the defence. However, in the most intense moment of the Turkish attack they hoisted a white flag and wanted to surrender. One of the high ranked French officers wanted to surrender to an equal Turkish officer but because of the language difference, they could not understood each other. Thus, the French troops had gathered and returned to their positions. Both sides opened fire on each other. The French fleet began to bombard the shore by risking their own positions and the Turks retreated to Mezarlik-Kumkale-Orhaniye line.

On the other side, the French had secured the beachhead but failed to progress further. On the night of 26 April, General Hamilton ordered the French troops to evacuate and to reinforce the British landings.