Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/208/1 - 1915 - 1918 - Part 4

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First World War, 1914–18
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44 Bn Dcoy ws seld to night 41/2 by English troops. of 744 Dun 44 Bn. Sept 29 0 tat 47 44 Lep Templenx Oct 7.30 in Arty formatu: across county in heavy for. B Capt. Breners /C Capt Fowler (u) (wo) B Captlais cwa AA Capt Hunt 6od)
They were making stray it for green line a good distance N of Cabaret Wd Jm. Durin I advance they came to our own Arty positis & came into a fairl heavy gas. All Coys lad reconnaitie as far as hie held by Americans on Aug 28. (The didnt nention whiter this agreed l given officiely) Civin to Leavy fof1 Coys lost toach on way up ad pass Brown line at 9 am. & it had On decided to make a halt tere to get touch & directi They passed I tape jus of it - there were wo in rear
Americans near Malakoff Fnr. 64 Bn ws to pass betw Mal Bood & A. Farm. As soon as they left the Sugar factor (there had nt be any helt) they noticed M.9. fire coming from O. Im. They pushed straght on - there ws heavy art fire of an area shoot nature (5.9) - & asloys gor up towds broken surface sutposr just wof Hindly tene they began to suffer from this M.f fire from Q. Farm toy who wt on t tep suffered (the Americans pretty heavit Capt. Bowler ws hil there & t also had. As 4Bn came acDeroff (CCoy) killed. As 41Bn.
came up the ferms started to retire pom O. Im (59 must have truck it tater) Ax B got into the Hindby outpost time at once south of Malckoff Wood ODen D-8 C.loy as in arty fonation. the ms wh caused I camatties were firing from 1 direct of Bony. They cdut sle these guns - they were furten than Top Lave because some
Of Sictus got up in Ilave & there ws nothing there. The mise probly included some of those wh were lunnelled into his wire. MacD. we kat I bollow of valley be A25 this ax where they all caught it at once. Fowter we in Centre &/ Coy. They got under cover for abt t mis pparking bullets on I were Sections of Cloy got into top lave - the greater part got into ] Hindly line S. ofit Meantine AGrs came aheado Bn as far as Malakoff Wood & estald there for t2 hr Iheargurs previously decided. on. From
I sugar repiry on they were under arty fire & as tey wenton, and or my fire. Ae Ivalley stort of Belakoff wood they wet Several wd Americius coming back who sd t L. Americans had foreon abt 3nles but tgro the Col. knew this los impossible on acct of fire concentreted on to valley. These men themselves were hit near Malakoff Wordor just E Jast after this Hges ws established, D Coy began to work tho to Hindly line just Nof Malakoffword. As they went tey struck arly fire, &both the Coy
Comnedo. Capt. Bremner, + A Gage were wd. This coyws I last thre. Col Clark then informed de to tempy Hgis hadby Establ there & to they intended movey forward 4 hr leter they ot 91 were pny to move at 9.30 to t Hgis previously arranged. E of Canal tunnel They were joing to duyouts south of centl Tey ou P. edge of Malakof 1000 under shell & mY. fire, till they reached Hindly tine. Key found to Dloy had occupied 7 just Nso1 juncter of the C.T. at 27B3.5
59 Bn we there too. H Estabd a Hers in a dujout there. when they got there ty found to whole r system Northwds up to Bony ws held be ferms, heavily, to mys The whole OICanal tunnel from I same C.T. northwds los also hett by thim with a strong positi on neerwhe been knot Be had agoiy to make its Hgrs. A red &. flag wo flying on this knoll and men were welking abt there – & it ws uncertain whether they were ours or fers. It us not likl BaHD. got to 1 extreme left
& The ballets from I Knowere Striking the W. side of Y half way down ywall. comng round b - Corners. in I Hindly trench to they Ecalied to fire wx comeng heeaily fom there onto the extreme point reached in 4- & tII hew there were fermans. This knoll wdbe abt 2AO.7. Roligl place where we met fen. Barjers. Cewk] oaet id he noent the ADloy sut Reisfoot outside 1 Y in 1 little raps wh lead out rastiods - bullets began to pit all roung. Charty mytrainer on to point. & heeanwnit worked S. of the Cif. reached I canal tunnet in E8C. where them were 1 abt 5O Americens. Oh way there they found from. fieldgens firing over ou syply
from Cabaret Wood Frm. They last men in reaching tannel From there they saw to they were too far to Irgght outa comn from so they began to work up 2nd to they had just passed te NE of the C.F. to anal when casnatles begame heavy. Me 4 Boyant us hit there. They cautgeton & occupied the C.T. The Coy Comidt a apt Hunt as wd here in 14 tell. ear. Capt Kewis of Bloy ws ad in this C.F. also, by a shell. The fire wh got ont there men ws coming along I west side of Canal. CCoy, wh had be last to arrive. got into

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