Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/199/1 - August - November 1918 - Part 2

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First World War, 1914–18
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TH PERFORMANCE TONIGHT 748 DE TRFOH, MARK LESTER, BERTR THORPE HATEA, MAHEL SI FAITI and JOSECOLLINS. ODAY A EI FTTRYETRNINS MATINEES, TUIS. THURS, and SAIS. PMAS HOLIDAYS TWIE DAILY, at 2 and 7 From December 29 411 January 1. 1810. Thone, Gerrard 201 and 202. TRURY, LANE, THLATRE RUY Manssins Director, ARTHUR COLL FVTRY EVENINO MATIEES, TUHS, WFD. Ind SiL. a L SIOKE Br amasement wih AMTIIUR COLLI WILLLAM J. WILSONS production ar DiakY Nov 101 t 10 Nox/2 1918 culteck 11Bn at my Photo other end soap Hughes. Maas. Casasles stadio my book rung AMERICAN VERDUN ARMT. (FnOM A STECLAL CORRESPONDENT.) AMERICAN ARMY, Nov. 12. It is now officially stated that 21 American Divisions, or 750,000 troops, participated in the drive north-west of Verdun on September 26. Of those nine divisions were used in the front lines on the first day, and some of these nine divisions were retained in the line for more than three consecutive weeks. Seven of the 21 divisions had never been in an active sector before.
H. Lifes Hectory Watertoo idivey 1918 July 3 Dear Mc Bean, Your reply to my letter reached my about a pitnight- ago, & fully lyplacus ow why dead were only cor p cusual wieution i that article, which he one pupers was kinded Australian Herves without luplaining that it applied obly to a certain period. We read with tuspeutable pleasure + clief all that you said of oue beloved boy he pliee niticle Audesstood too, how you medeestood, Woe we knew who your faits were, + how you must have oere brought up, thus yvue plaise was be bery high tribute to our luddies worth. Very many thanks for the ricd things you say if our boys - We aee aptto forget the groly in the Cheef Our Sailoe sore hus just wole be D.T.C. Jl Callantry At Geebeuge 4 14 ta font him aore 621 20
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TES. IZED. Nov. 17. g says that ish, mostly is banks 100.000 My at t has declared any effecti e landed pro the Cro The news- park, and t forrnereIror propers. include Palace lish palaces. laces and ests tenburg, Freien. s the well-known at Cadinen, of the Agricultural also. the rlin: est of Rominten. He has house apparently the longs to him. ferted Opera House Tree Herbert Most of o00 Doring tose torerroncon tonbloug FULL THE POOR. lave not is announced allowed for thens, and a- Fahr. this& begun to snow. CMU will make of an evening om this there are: porate per week in hotels id but sony ugh. CTS Moysto TRLA. STAGE wes Nov 21/1918 AUSTRALLAS DEMAND EXCLUSION OF GERMANT FROM PACIFIC. A telegram from Melbourne, dated ber 19. recerved by the High Comm ustralia, reports the speech of Mr. Acting Prime Minister, in moving the the that the captured German possession tralia Pacific now occupied by Zealand, should not in Cermany, and that inde tern poot pount MNE mer nment coot view N pati of the obtain Heroe from mod eblood depends, would cable fand immunity, v trade, on such as a ae vanis Ik oN 10 con Feotone Ided.— Ar to German a grotesgue ad I want the I say further, it of view, restoration nan victory. Australis that o that. So far as the would be ealand stands four should: 14 is perfectly plain Cover inions are abeo squar that th reason, ding Ger late orrd lized may be mnan island abo luring said hearts Basters we he t that we brought and o Labour Leader of the C ild not vote against t hout a rmotion PI PE A8 the Ge in the began The Minist a milit has tor It man Dice voon lose. in a OCON and r are tem) NecE at as 8 indi bler arti 801 ion, The
ready to leavn from Everyone. Educa. you edreators have Frainnng of teachers caaracter Every boy did be able to understand cuntrys prottis Jis M. Fariity of Education p D Best Ccal. commerce The genius of Ansthan cnventy The insentive. Not true to Rockf Honour of county, ard man who ouns away from Aust. is doing her a bad turn. We mustent tok on state muerely as someticy wh co to provid? things for us. It is we who made 1 stats. 14 Chap. Xo The Austialan people can only be a great people if it uses as far as possible all the knowledge I experience which it fau get from the world; so that every body in the oline of work country whatever hes may be, has made himself by study capable of beginning that work at the point were ober people in the countries of of the wor have left mutinced right enough - Lloge George has announced it - it was ordered to put to Sea, and it, repused. The news is wonderful - erastl shot we have been fighting farate
thit years, and thought past hoping for Cuttack at once decided to come to hilll toCensor; and as the official pnotopaphers Wamrant officer, casserly had arrived just then, I dbandoned visit to 1front & decided to get a series of photes of Fromellis & then Co straight & England. In 1 end Cuttack staged to watch thags atl front (lorps move up to Le Catean tomorrow). + I took tasserly to hille, evering to white to ask for o if hecd have as billettes Thecentts on calling in at Army, Herbertion to to me to be ard to T.H.A as disappointed w1 revolution. They did not feel sure to there tod be a stable government left to negoteate with. On reaching 5t army H gos as tille young Birdwoodsd
16 same; when I sdl news ws pplended he sd: Dont you think it goes a little too far - this revolution I mean; ibn't it a little dangisous for our own country - a little infections -Bolshevism - are didn't want to see that in fermany. and now one thinks of it, as wynter says - this explains Low Miluers speech. He said that we did not want to press jermany beyond the point of possessing a stable government - to he too was really apaid of revolution I sai to white this evening tos did not think that a little revolution wd do England any harm. He sd he hatel I talk of revolution - England was a nation wh possessed power of changiing things without a revolution. I totd him I doubted if there were really a charge in
we passed today near luchy (rrst w of it) a harrow little curving bit of trench, all passed over, just N. of thLe Calean Rd, W. of the town Ic have teken my hat of to th little old trunch; it must have been one o1 let flank posts of British Army by I retreat from Mons. chose houses wh I noticed in I second villap outside hille on Docai. Rd, destroyed without Sellhohs, must be a village burnt by 1 formans for a punishment dutiing teir first advance 4 years ag0. The houses were burnt, not shelled & vell 1 is dated houses burnt too nations isate I pert ever, without I tearing apo woots by a revobition - compromese left things where they were; attend I form + left reality Birdwood as having 1 king ofBelgians to dive tonight - be had just taken him to Tournar (wh fell today - they are around yous] and I dined with wynter (D. A.G.H.S.F.) in to mess. Wynles told me (we have seen no papers for days) to Hagles had written to times strongly putting 1 point to be stayed on England so as to be available for consultation; but to he had not on consulted when President Welson's 14 points were accepted by 1 British Govt & other allies. There ws nothing in them abt 1 colonies of fermany & there ws clouse as to equality
of trade wh pubout of question (if it were literilly enforced) our poticy of preferential tariffs to England & to our friends. Unless Austha were forced to do so she ad certainly not treat ferman goods! same as Britist, French of American goods after I war. The terms of place were practialy decited in terms of arnistice, he sd. Why was he not consulte? The times made a very lame answer. Decisions of immense importunce have had to be made so sweftly, it Id, that it wsampracticable to consalt te dominion representatioes Haghes also pointed out t 14 point made nomention of indemaities; yet I Raiser had Spring pomased his people in march to they wd get indemaities from Callies.
20 In the first view I must dty I think to Hughes ws abso btely in I right. There can be no goe explaciation for not consulting Dominious in Imatter of terms of peace, &o farmistice. There are rumous tought t1 perman woreless announces tI terms of armistice have on accepted. The civelians are convinced to war is over; For soldiers of this 5th Army it is not a bad was. Even I oulposts arenow sleeping in beds - So John Churchill says for whatever to may be work). But I fermans are thowing gas shells into vellages there are no troops here, only defenceless vellaprs whoget.

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