Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/209/1 - July - October 1918 - Part 7

a day. Moved up to 10 central
on night of 10th.
on mg. of Aug 11 26 Bn
attacked from line occupied by
27 & part of 28 & reached
the field between X 10 & 11
This attack ws a
straightening out process.
There ws a good deal of
distant mg. fire but as
close fighting. 28 on left took
some prisoners. (Barrage onto trenches)
Lt Smyth ws wd on the J.0.Ts
by mg. fire but went thro w
Bn & dug in.
Reld there by 6 Bde &
went back for 10 days to Bussy,
 

26 Bn
Beaurevoir.

Oct 3.
Bn marched up from Eclusier.
thro' Peronne to Doingt. Day, ½ time
Next night at Templeux t La
Fosse. Day or so there. Then to
E of Templeux Guerard. Got there
in aftn moved same night to the
Le Catelet Nauroy line D in [[?]] 11 13.
Got here 1/2. Stayed there 2and. Moved
night of 2/3 to the ditch
N of Folemprise Fm to
Mint Copse. Col. Robinson ws hit
w shole wh let at
passing the S. side of Folemprise
Fm. & Capt Cooper too c/.
Diagram - see original document
The Zero ws 6.5
am. They went of
in arty formatn.
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The Germans put a heavy barrage
on the N ^down slope off tt hill
26 Bn got up with 25
Bn bforth  the Beaurevoir line
& were fighting w them there,
Especially on / left, & in Mushroom
Quarry. A an gun ws shooting from
quarry .^& had annoyed them coming down / slope. Two or three men got
round on S. side o / quarry.
L. Guns held the German m.gs.
attention & these men bombed
it & also got into / back o /
road N of quarry.
On / left there were abt
3 heavy belts of wire at [[Lornisset.?]]
The tank wh ws w them
turned upside down just in / road
before / farm - The left had to
climb over / wire & go straight at
 

Im. There were 3
wif. At the
pillbores Eash w a
Tork Rd N of the Fm. The troops
reaboutely with the barrage
there & his ws only then
to savedte
Seyt Miller 26 Bn. There
washeda mig. on his ow
They surrendered. One of them then
shot him thro Ireck, when
ws turned tother way
ucder blew tans to ai
out.
26Bn vent strayet on
from Kere. All ap I truches
were Pillboxes cash w 10 a
12 firm in - pretty badly
Shaken. They captured whole
S of these; Hhe truches were duy
 

Each Pillbox - the Fruch

bracing connecting them from 4t to
ondt
in deep. very deep
Pill boxes.
A Bellione Im a coople
of Whizz bang quas were taken &
ovrs an 1 hoise
Serman
SheWholes, some of tem w2 sis
in to waiting to be taken
There as one mg. later in the
top storey of the Ire at the DE Con
The rils got 300. loogds
past Bellesal Fi wh ws a b
place a covered in y. Te
Whigh bangs were not finy on
dm One whizboy alongsit th
Mill as firing point blesk & 600
up by I vellage. Also an odd gun
possibly 2) 1 N.W. edge of vellage
 

on left wheretol Seplleton as
ten
we a post establishes abt 40
yds west of Guizancourt
Farm - a ng. Two new
went into the Im to look for
wveners - one came back
to say to there were as
Termans in it
28Bo us on left here
also. The 50t Dion as on
1lef over Prospect Hill.
They reached the trench wh
wwns along N side of 1 Hill
They were under a seyt negp tere
nixed up. Tese were food
troops & vent ovr dressing by I right
It as if it were a ciane show.
te 26 bn had a few posts in
the t at rass N w oute
-I was a decper
eves
 

the ho
then
dbyt but not
a good t. No one as aheat
of tis. There were for
Ris 27 an the Sanken Rd
ahead of it - probly troops
who had run back - then
termans who
were droses of
ad be retreating before the
atteck on I lef
on he rt at Bellsoue
in. there were no flantiin
troops. Iws difficult to hold
this right a a few scattered
posts. The posts were first
Willdrawn to the Im. They
a post as left in IDm& the
troop et with drawn. It ender
at att te rd junction in 15A
3.6. through BP.D across to
 

Sanken RD at B 8BG.C.
& ben Nwest to 1 Beaurevan
E & then Nalory Y to
B2D27. The line S. of
Belleone as held by a few
all posts. It as strungtend
at nigetfall by a Coy of 25 Bn.
Atter CBde attectd 26t
got tack to kin cn til it.
Durry 1 aks the Germen
got aun into the St Cornero
- they got the guasants
farm
tim & put 6 shels into to
building. The crty we also
Saida
put on to a ncop in Jougancourt
Ferm. Hhe vefy hade lie
dint this Bde to Party & te
arty we supay for the
Pater thran a definite oate
there was a gredual ercepingback
 

Or trys Beaurerois-
S.
te Farm into 15
C in the Lunken Rd tro 3C
fun limbers & transpt (wh we
took for the Britich cavsly,
came right down & his
Abt 2 am. 6 x. 30 am
thy were re by Britich troops.
& came out to Newroy.
Cl. Robinson (as above)
Cept boyd wd just after tat (150
9ds) by a Shell of ferman bair
to whittaker (si) wd in fom
Till couse by a shell (orolf ours).
All Hgos had now
me CxC.
2 sips & lept Cooper
t Gillie we wd befoe the 1s Olqve
Corminitas
H Blake
ces
This was 8.2
D Carter Ws k. just after Pormisset
to amiet ws wd (F0)?
 

Amil aey as 1476)
l also tom
our on
& Brexford wss walking near
Bedeie Farm out is foe
line abt pp
to greenwood wel round betterns
In duy attect.
of D Christie Wd. before wach
Cormuset In
O.V. 17 900d 1mis
Mis is 24
8nd. & 110men
1.2.50 per cut of attacking troops
Capt Hockings, when Cooper took
over On, took on Aloy & ws
only go leftin A helf of D.
He us on the right.
Capt. Spliton had Lts Brown
Hay left a him
& Francis came up when Lloyd ws
ad & acted as adit to Cxt Cooper.
rese wer only wawdof left.