Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/200/1 - 1915 - 1918 - Part 6

down.
There ws no liaison
 with 9Bn on the left. The
9 Bn came along later in  / 
aftn (the day Wilkins ws
out w them?)
This night Aug 25/26
 C Coy 12 Bn was on the Sunken
Rd running down from / hill
W of Bois d'[[Oligingse?]] into Cappy.
on their left ws Capt Tullochs
Coy of 11 Bn. Other coys
were on rt up the C.Ts as
above.
They rested tt night &
10 Bn went thro. They ^The Germs had
put down a heavy smoke
barrage & under cover of it
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at abt dusk they withdrew
their m.g. posts. The
Germs were firing off  their
dumps during tt night.
Next morning our men
 abn  12 Bn were moving out
over the ground where they
had fought - where their
mates lay - scarcely credible
to them. 
11 Bn  Proyart

Capt Tulloch 11 Bn.   D Coy
met a pty of 1st Bde  wh
were exploiting towds Froissy
on Aug 23.  & hadnt heard o
the barrage.

D Coy Stayed tt night
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At Froissy - 9 Bn

posts being behind 12 Bn 
& facing E.
Diagram - see original document

They were withdrawn to
a quarry & rested & then
put in to support 12 Bn
next day - moved
across the crest on the
left & put into Olympia
wood , connecting with
Sellick's Coy on their right.

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9 Bn were to be on their
left this day but were'nt
there.

Graham ws on / rt of
12 Bn. this day. 

There ws v. heavy mg fire
met Tullochs Coy this day
& very accurate m.g fire
at 700 to 900 yds.  In
 / evg / Germs put down a
smoke and sneezing gas
barrage & cleared off tt
hill practically altogether. 
D Coy was then instrd to
dig a series of posts
well out towards the SW
of Bois Coin du Verger.  There
they got a delayed message  
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tt 10 Ben wd attack under
a barrage wh wd have
fallen right into their posts
(11 Bn). Another message
immediately after ws tt 9 Bn
we relieve them & they wd go
round to rt & support
Grahams Coy wh ws going
on w 10Bn (on its rt).

The men were brought
back in / rain , & given
hot food. Then came a
further message tt / 
attack ws postponed
to xxxx 7 am (?)  They dug
in in a trench in front
of Garenne wood - They
moved out men to get truck
w Graham & at last found
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them up in/ brick works
having completed their
work without an attack. 
(They had bombed along).

 That night 11 Bn 
was met by 6 Bde.
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