Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/200/1 - 1915 - 1918 - Part 2

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • Documents and letters
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RCDIG1066575
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Th The 10 Bnwent thio. man's stelled the Chateen till barrage reopen the Ol lates 12 Ba Exten d took over 11 Bn poulage as serve live for abt (11 Ba went to support days. line to 10 & 9 Bn). Then 12 Bn reli Theye 10Ba in retieved by 30 America a casualties. The Bn before Sept 18 hed bn reorg in S Coys te final positi loy were in X2.). port to 1 line, V2in 1lie) b
On Sept 18. soon after Capt. Burt. Barrege opened O.C. K Coy wh ws moppen up behind other two had his foot blown ( Bryan Butler w5 k by my fire abt 200yds in front of the j.0. point This strong point we occup alelabea by I ferms carme of the start just NE of Teancourt. There us a sa in I wire – (the strong point was a wood on 1 E of 1 oad, not as shown 401 map). And in going wire in suigl file a m.f. trained on 1 gap &. Butter men.
lanor 4 ws 5lo wh 1Bn with Hot rroth be a shell of our (one bty of 18pis, & 60por sere falling short). He di later t Nicholas we wd a to 1objie babit half way of shell to stott ws wd by a shell -own abtt way splinter of our to 1objic Hhambert ws wd. my bullet way up by a but dis not leave till 1 objec Capt S. Houghton Ot. T. Coy, wd on objve b 2 directing his coy to dig. This fire cam om1tr Lit 0 for
en bein or 30 had be wd- Party e slight eo see 110Bn started to abt 1Edgec1w - till advance D Walduck L0 wo ad after on the jumping positi the advance had stated out to see what I poss was In 1 final posite before relieved as 1Americ were not holding fermans this side o 6 bee a any strength. durey 1 day tlle 3 prele wel durin this time & thei
8 i ws a lot Se N On Sept 18h as soon as the int had gone for I batteries began to leap pog a notor tomes dashing forwa briigin forward guns byjer than Bnt field yu wh nt with arte going for The artillery movement his time nr splended to watch As lapt tulloch ws going fourd his Coy in 2lines abead of four in to t th + to apsd this
defer com letely at dep rfe Caution dugonts of11B the objic. A number or of ferms -moss. Ws Collicte here, & the smoke te att active this time & left this A number ia sow of good one be NCO. abnate of ABn with a L.G. work from cover to cover from a 150 yds till he ws with 5byds on thei flank. He worked along a rd pou Iet flank from heap of Stones till Frity got he tX head down:
heap; then acros an old dugont & To on. In Villeret itself in a deep dupnt bey got rman doctors & a fall eftl aid post- they we waiting for their wod but till our nore a in men came & took they Out of a dejont hateau the 12Bn got &en, a major Bn comma He knew we had attacked be knew N &4 Dins were there, & sd the ferms had inforced the line as of Dins ere rego stoom troops. He had bee a
val a mife He sd his first informa our by To close w. t his Sergt major came down English are here sd He her not expected lattack to come to far or s0 fast. They had came abt 2 kilometin in an how It is a toss up whether Bullecourt was the heaviest experience of 12 Bn or Poze Sullicourt was the he fighting for actual fight
The nap (pom Auzae Book show 9 Ts wite is will aust Hist. oncal Mission fills, asd was required by Me 100 for to aa his tracts. Land Fire A Las posit in th up on the left when to had a circular noon the end of the knuckle his we appty the same mg fire wh knocked out 1 boats on (left. They got is sungly file up What Maj. Tallock takes bn Walkers Rid a bit of track on it & they kept rasor back,N n of it but had t do from side to side o1 crest for sheller on way li
There were to 54 1 from the plaltan of A s right also: ws bayonetes on the way Before reach into fot gor back they a creek thickly timbered ebt 84 deep & prett nerrow wh ws heare 1nork capilad They had a bit of agst SEF unemembered) in getting to te knot (3 when Walkers HG were later Rusher from there to a in bunp Lond flank. Fom

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