Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/209/1 - July - October 1918 - Part 8

26Bn ( Stapleton)
At Lagnicourt. Posts were placed around /  post o /
village as shown opposite. The Germans were 1000
yds or 50 away when they began to congregate. The m.g.
post on / right (where 5^th Bn ought to have bn by plan,
been supporting) had to be withdrawn from positn (1)
to positn (2) as / German by working up behind / trees
on / road cd have made it impossible to hold it.
one sniper in / trees wd  have settled it.
The German attacked as shown - but
ws stopped on / left from where marked. He
then got round on the right & attacked
thro /  manure heaps (some crept up very close
there) & worked up to / trees & around / rt
flank across  / road. Lt Jerry of 28Bn brought
 

wo or chingo
(Lagnicoart
inees r lter
up his pluor?
attick
et flank &
made 4 posts
tere. But 1

Serman Supt

wipsed them out o
b
only Terry & his batman
sen
got away. Then 1
ear
t hrms wor aetiat
German got in closer
ABIFYS
and the left post & post
in
Ectoof Dwere
pourte from I left were
sco knows o 176 fern
seuppered; &1 German line
Sawet brhen
27d0 ar)
was at round I remaining postoas shown

by dotted line manor. The rest your people

(hr ws w them) met to decide whitees to stay on & bo
250
scappered or wheter to retreat now- & decided to
stay (stitora s aworpt this kere) when
a jast as te
Bocke gave in first - & retired
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26 Bn
Started w 3 loys in lead
re is support
Br lep Churguolles at
3.30 am Orfanises on rd Sex
Iagar factory Dongies
ae
lep here abt 6 to lross. a
Nw from Assester
line runn
to N7 Central by 7.3
This we done exactly
in
time.
working in Arty form
fom Sugar will
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a little
lpb
fighting seen aw
Flencourt. But Nof B.
in 10T system the
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under
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at
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from Nods to gred
betw 93tl
On the E on I Lights
Nw of Eterpiry a rearpuart
of fernans put up a fight
Teir shooting as erratic
On reachin Soune
1brides or
S
intect but they were
an
mint & were blown up to
right. We had a
satiot dowr
trying to stop them but they t
On Aug 30.
Abt Sa.
Cipt Coopers Coy tried to
by 1 tract No 1 marst
duckboarded) S. of 9 centret
 

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down during 1 night I
sut it in, + Coy cro
at down. He track petere
it at the weter 150- rooys
C. LC.C. put out in anot
pient looking for crossing
butcd find no way.
oving to ncterel difficult
other Lde
Even
better - Cooper foum
the
Lipt reeds & quite
for cify. No mg.
That night th
Aug 30.
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26 BM. Mn
On Aug 36 tey were and
TB SWof Herbecourt. Abt
1.15 p they got orders to 9o
vic Fenilleres sic Clery eus Some
to lot Kaving. Canped tere
get of 36 & dony
tf.1ept
cane up od Nof Brk wood it
Horing & Prague Eant
Fairly conten
sellis

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They
tw
any thought of an attack. Abt
ap t
Cam Or Rob.
he wanted to see OC Coys
7
es when
& they vent down
is Bague 141
nt with
a schene ws lan
no operate order
The loys secbout one of
12
Each
 

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& am. Keyleft Prage
a Coy leadin
Hovina,
sley came up Florma onto
id, up agrainady & the
cut E into the road from
Mt St Ointo Anvil was
The ferm. they leter found, cs
holding [ott mil wns).
A loy got into posilu alrylt
but edut find any trace at
other Cop tere. They shd h
be onrdfarte it
o ws 5.30 am. Bury
totime. ec
Therews no trace of any
d
Aloy went, 40 strays a
aften for t 25 Bn
Mey went straight out into a trene
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koros Alley - ty disgpean
t smke o Shells- & split oito
Extes - Lap horos & ond up
kwrilo Alley. They chant
Germers, overgan them, ron him
down, got ahead of berriz
losing att 15 out of 40 jaing thro.
Me 2 sties waitor X firing at
wans fom one trench t
other up talley - the fer
an
tTeps their go.
ot them pig ay
They so
fer is a pross true
T 61ICx [17a.
& sent or sty de
plit
tru to
rd in L17
another a long Ruprect
12d in I II
 

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As 25 Bn were joing tende
(berrege (26 were tho it.
they drove germs down behin
the 25th into all trese alleys
is read of the. Only 25
were left. Te sy at 1 head
Ruserectt y came beck &
ought tress-ferms in Rupprecht
& took man
A pty offeris cane down BC
Yr got to within a few yds
of Coopers small Hgus &
who thought they were
Abt. 7.30 Cipt Heto, 20B
down Briinn Aller
sent a loy down to help 1 flank.
28Bn leter senta plu
Kosos alby. 25 fishes along
Rupprecht to 12d again
 

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by
Th other Coys
yped
o Wof sotmit has y
Te plan ws
as opposite.
1
by lnder
Mass woods with
Sersr
2B Coy hisupport
came up Agrain Alley, then it
across to docation ground
They had to be in the huts waiten
for the start. CCoy
hopped of at 6 am. witl 5th Dis. They
at4
Broy lying in suppl -
ad
t5
came, very heavify barry
d t (This benage ws
bought down by the 5.30 atteck
on then lef.
to
 

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Dey Starte of at 5.30 am.
ACoy
in due to; as
vent along they caught a
stupse of meew mony down
to direction. In were cat h
They seem t hass not
pieces in Re 0
is facty, but the deadlist firvas in
ef Montie Cam
ws K. A Major ws teken r
(Capt Pail had be evasusted wnd
day before - & tea were all then
OfssJ. Major sams to hase got a
slened
on his own to te far, road
261
& reacher some small y
our
he rost. Tere were seona
strony posts of negs. along t 20.
My. woods was killed in
same triangts. (The helf of BCo
rd
wh followed A lost bott its
kim
of- Taylor ws killed follow
Dloy - shot tro I thigh & blu 6 deek
 

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