Letters from Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott to his family, June - December 1915 - Part 7

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First World War, 1914–18
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Sent look is thel 2 is like a for cnde Dindto Tiket line anly givgou the lust outers on the whote peve a taprutt likes an incluground City ork stret aonds ham cut shrong o ercrigihe crescion Adet the Tank was very raroy about the as o geatle teakee pote edermed effort att a fut mt th p3 arked e t At the point other got wihe tonct the d him only reparated two frceo wad of sand Bags o Darne I have waiked alab a por Barricode We have put tunet & say ohnc tcar ha Shrongh & commn captand Well with te poste cking witt gua Adrl Kept gunt siple until tome wachn &enceday. Thind thereboy grpait in the part from the 7th eer put to about th pant I have ehen right Hdne started ont to marked . Then b about give ss avare
br Mra Mas Hl Beot of in Shapte At along san the rest morn I can 6 at us aou fase thes time H had thousand of litte Boinb Haid Grenade I thich then 6 us. We inpoded but and a timited sppe of bomls. they are shoped like yan hus favi econ of aln the t 245 state of you caton agains th and N Barricades & fer ther in a us on that to hult the again a The 2 then atte omased three time they charged us. B4 y with pr Otaymetstt a srapet they pruedn gar fire yor worts. Suth in the pontion or each side of us & hap of o were tho torway. Ther hn they crenploen t again & the caught is pretty hotther a one little nerct to there were 1s dead buk piled on each other whil otherlay all awand. He were the Same M onre cho at was ro not that we had no lin I remov the wouded & barrit 4 ad to hread or thes
ile hat Ao nigter of wond ever is thehe I camt has my tume ldiy fecan it is all sorled I stained a fvr lay have whit ive aplarted allr it. The Tucks an drying L Geno nick of hin the Bullite wrognd first & they arful rowd saw the the mpy Mp Frac splath nomt 25 erewed relievd 2 fou luck al Abdnl had had a good fellyful of fehls ren all night the co 2 at daylight the morn but tn lanl dealt with o they very bn somatter enclose a c of ta oner Berdmrd tu throlgh the pregadic of on 1 Bread. We the 2t were the support writation But of corm or th day of th hardet fightig apart from the pr actal charge which must to tre me pul we were wth pri
ntared he poy nor 5 than 4 haw pcunt her failed in arcl When ye or indecutatle. You must remenbe thas not me our deed but the dead Nospilor days fighting Turks Bnstiation ofter in a last death tughe dcoloy the but ty prc in conterually marted I the eveme wells & tow with Bally 9 leave the se rom winatio it soldier in travc said thad yeared Hell no more neast fighten excused it. We have only t yis a last of as now check bornot hn predgt II mall be read tleve him will e providuc has been good to so you lept We to guite ws pobelly go tae Merche tononow
4 all beat which treac def filt we me mach We capten Bairnie to & danage Tk but fror t gur wille We got alo fourd then mtir I prongte rondof then a Deainst t 9ct ksth now onger betty gar themo had a letter pall better to 20 307 pr the arke a rept Cake walk had died was it true kr just pep to fay Womd Siro al on datu da int the 9 I had a letter from the Hoopital Peone tate & lapt permegel had died hese my nympalli Yi othe Derly I bill lyt wit to get tim but it re ten f2.c0 hnt writ hil diffeult to heoe writton an 43 th bys try ttell ther all I a tr I am apaid I will alls butt werty the right. It was all like a Homial nightnoy. Fancy peny t md know bluded I with lott of
Dill Georde I poor Jack N 2 away with a hightful gark or he head truty to hst lack to the ping line while I was he carried of I wanng hu arn guit deleriou of course- Bomls wantd Till t Colonel we cant hold it untess Dends Brot Borb Bt Recnpent Repee. He was shorting the as to of his voice Hd knows whether rtended I heard is do tadoctor t Beat ontr anevtre to be wisquite sinville sga t dear I par I am wander 2 but I think gor will crcen The hngadler an donn & coratiated us & said we gan added it she dipitate & our slory which will last for wer it it. But y could have mey mar of all th nory of M Batle of Fonern (ar the will is collec for the me ld pine that once greet i ito nagged bo bs whit our artilley has long mnetom rillars & splnters) to me of the pooroys whe died of aghd todeath the that Fordlye oh 2 t the 2
1 9 ting h tietl nrect t tellther for Deda lonsthen a stac The th Cooet tol it exryiting care isthe world longing it see thaphoto th 9ta 2 Hare had no war for guiled long lime now Lent fon tck. He ws wonded at ta euck but to 4 J. Baat
My arting tate Tallyoh Knnne Your letter) to 23 14/8/15 fune wached me youertay alo tray one enclosingig from Mrs Kennyfalha I hae rplied ther direct. Her po was ill fut nnone) & sent to Hospital a weik or ro ago lonsquently he mirred the desent fightin we vent thronge Munday night & Monday last. He had ht ret & the ws took 68 hours again. The right were alwlutely redistball. The dead sitlla putrified wher they had fallen otthe pir thing I did was to di huge pits wth bt of the frencher& wimply stock then is as they were. The poor fellow gd on the aupl work had the priped with lae doon of rund kex then going. It was ded hor swell the woulld th. The signt ofter nad then retah womit Dut they kep or I now the marches are hoptally givtn nearly as strong as our original t. Idis thak Abdal wll get an inct lack be dhrowsh wpole army at t focunent tan
2 t Turkerd head sha that agas Sonday wl had over 3000 Tak against us in than artacks. I nen ore than 00 r & pursed with a abot sos but we held the Frenck y p guently the wnld bapt but wieled head for all the mee tins & about then af stapofpier told me yesterday that that antock s considered thmo disuate partly that ha take place anywhere the Renenoul aldnt be iprised I receive a desatie yan oettin 8 time that but l ao many who do the Brarcak then days certain d personally yust kept doden und keeping the offier up tn an or mo I to ws ot office would come be I dim Bnt of recnpgnt vle te on eed the De & t he dae then 6 9 would bi & Wethe hi hly t he got the post & they did too. You know that had about 170 pars recrints shored in jait A most if there
itr 8 t dar 0 He went at it like mads listh work Later At as well £ is curisns int it. We lost 23 wer (only I killed) the reord 40 hous in yent in the captand porition. Abdrel made no attack furt only aped wherei hegot a charce Hower in yo fon one boct with intered & he must has accouted for we of more of him in the time werere then guld fingtined when we then abont a reria Mir n & groa

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took it & held it for 24 hours. It
is like a loss window now into the
Turkish lines then I can only give you|
the latest outline as the whole place is
a labrynth like an underground 
city with streets & roads (narrow)

[hand drawn diagram - see original]

cut through cris crossing everywhere
At least the Turk was very [[?]]
about this as it greatly weakened
his position his position & made
most determined efforts
to get it back again.
but except for the [[?]] hit I
have marked like the xx in the
bottom corner he
got working At the points when
the xxx lines touch the
tin fences an only separated
by a barricade made of sand Bags
& also as a point I have marked
Sandbag Barricade.
We have put
helmets & saps
through to communicate
with the position captured Well
Adul kept on attacking with guns
& bombs & machine guns & rifles until
there Coys got fairly knocked up. Then the
7th were put on in the part from the
extreme right, to almost the point I have
marked ⮾ Then [[?]] wanted us to
give us Beans. They swarmed up about
 

 

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Three seven o clock ^in the evening & kept going for several
Hours. We got the Best of them that time.
At about 3am the next morning he came
at us again very fierce this time. He had
thousands of little Bomb Hand Grenades
& [[?]] them in at us. We responded but
we had only a limited supply of bombs &
they are shaped like jam tins & are not
nearly so good. They also through threw
slabs of gun [[?]] against the Sand Bag
Barricades & blew them in on us & we had
to build them in again xxxxxxx Then
at day light their artillery marked
us. T 

















 

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