Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/233/1 - 1919 - 1920 - Part 2

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On top of B'ship hill, S.W side of crest, we
found the Kit of an Australian on the remains of
a Turkish dump. The bullets from his pouches
had bn opened by a Turk to extract the
powder.

Sketch G.  Feb 18/1919 

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Baby 700 from Turk firing line on Track 2. 
H. Feb 18/1919 

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H. Feb 18/1919.
[*[There are Four sketches
numbered H.
This may be called H¹
C.E.W.B.
7/2/41.]*]

go at once to Chunuk Bair.

At L. Pine the 1/57, & the 3 other

newly arrd Regts of 5 Divn were 

arrived & abt to enter / positn.

They had bn near Koja Dere.

19 & 2 (2 Divn had gone S after

May 9. and 5 gone into reserve for

Anzac, & rest).

Diagram- see original document 

All these days Z. Bey ws looking

over his left shoulder - seeing our

guns firing on / rear slope of

Chunuk Bair- altho the situatn
in the Pine ws critical he watched

cd scarcely keep his eyes on it 
- He knew things must be happening
at "Jonk (Chunuk shd be Jonk) Bair"

which were more critical by far - &

If we succeeded there what use wd their

efforts be at / Pine.

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Turkish Officer.

Tent. ✓

Kerosene Tins (by Ration limber Wed.)

Washing place.

? accdatn for batman. Special fire place.

Call time 7.30am.

Bkfst. 8.

Always Rations for lunch.  

Start 9. unless otherwise ordered

Dinner 7 p.m.

 

(3) Monash Valley (lower end only)

(4) Beach Anzac Cove.

Specially Brisbane Point ? Plugges Plateau

& slopes for cartridges fired first day. 

(5) North Beach

Remnants of fire.

Fetch from Beach: boxes from ammn store for

trophies.

Wire from wire gully.

Later: (6) Battleship Hill, (but not further N).

specially for ^big shell fragments. make

dumps with a mule & work limber.

Nothing except shells to be picked up.

(7) Baby 700: specially for shell fragments.

(8) Quinns (for signs of trench warfare -
bomb screens etc.

(9)Nek          for do.

(10) Courtneys  "   "

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they heard o / landing at 

Suvla. 9^th Divn w 25, & 64 Regts

arrived E of Kaba Tepe on / night of 6/7

Aug; & on 7 Aug wd have come to the

Pine reserve. But on hearing of Suvla
 / order ws gn to / 9^th tt it shd-

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19 & 2 (2 Divn had gone S after
May 9. and 5 gone into reserve for

Anzac, & rest).

All these days Z. Bey ws looking

over his left shoulder - seeing our

guns firing on the rear slope of

Chunuk Bair, altho the situatn
in the Pine was critical he watched

cd scarcely keep his eyes on it.

- He knew things must be happening
at "Jonk (Chunuk shd be Jonk) Bair"

which were more critical by far &

If we succeeded there what use wd their

efforts be at / Pine.

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For Salvage Pties.
(Never to work before Search Party) has bn thro area to 
be searched)
Leave Gaba Tepe.
Salvage Area (1) Bridges Rd. back of Braunds hill x
Slopes of Speciallly for Shrapnel in creekbed;
Shell cases.
(2) Shell Green & Victoria Gully for some.
(3) Chatxxxx
(3) Monash Valley (lower end only)
(4) Anzac Cove Beach.
Specially Brisbane Point ? Plugges Plateau

& slopes for cartridges fired first day. 

(5) North Beach

Remnants of fire.

Fetch from Beach: boxes from ammn store for

trophies.

wire from Wire Gully.

Later: (6) Battleship Hill, (but not further N).

specially for ^big shell fragments. xxxx

dumps without [[mule?]] & work limber.

Nothing except shells to be picked up.

(7) Baby 700: specially for shell fragments.

(8) Quinns (for signs of trench warfare - bomb screens etc.

(9)Nek              for do.

(10) Courtneys  "   "
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of this divn were sent first

12^th 13^th & 15^th - 2 or 3 Bns

(15^th came last- not at first- possibly

3rd or 4^th day). They always came

in / same direction & into / same gully.

The Bns had lost most of their offrs

on 19 May - A Coy wd be commd by

a Sergt. On coming in they wd see

themselves exposed to fire from D;

they saw / road on / valley side

on / left hand full of dead brought

out of / Pine; & ahead they wd

see / fight - bombs, rifleshots

The troops were in bad conditn &

came to a bad situation. Few people

Essad heard of the Suvla landing

a bit late - for a reason, even the

9^th Divn which ws coming from / S.

ws ordered to go into the Pine before

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Question for T. Offr.

What dates ws he there, & where

(1) Where did you think our guns were?

(2) Where did you xxxxxxx have your guns.

Where their people on beach etc

[*? were frm Ap. 25)

C.E.W.B.

19/12/46*]

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there as / trench ws deep. These

fell 25, or 30, wd or dead

by these overhead timbers under 

our fire.

The night passed - nothing done.
w day they saw tt / most impt

positn we had won ws at F -

because there were / periscopes.

This day reinfts came. Kemel

Yere, the H.Q. of Essad ws opposite 

this point & they saw it all - Also

they didn't want to lose a foot of

ground - it ws their tactics not

to give ground. So they sent troops

to push us back.

The whole of this day the

attack continued; all troops who

came had / same order - After 19^th May

Divn the 5^th Divn ws in rest. The Bns

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For traces of our men (esp. dead, or fired

cartridges - noting Turkish cartridges also).

Search Parties. ( No traces to be picked up

xxxx but clearly marked & noted).

Lieut Hughes.

(1) Battleship Hill.

(2) Ridge Behind our Camp.

(3) Pine Ridge.

(4) Wire Gully.

(5) Mortar R.

(6) Chessboard & gullies behind Quinns &

Courtneys.

(7) Chunuk Bair ( crest & Farm).

(8) Krithia Q

(9) ^Foot of Abdel Rahman Spur.

(10) Snipers Ridge, Fishermans Hut & plain

N. of it.  & gullies on both sides of it -

(11) Fishermans Hut & Plain around it

esp. near beach.

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Photos    Mal Tepe.

Panorama from Chunuk
Krithia.

Torp. tubes in French Fort

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On the left between P Y & F there

were only no trenches - only pits & heaps

of earth. Mustafa Kemal at Y

cdnt tell Z/B how / trenches ran there

- there werent any .

The m.g. fire & flares of ours

were very close. Z/B wanted to

do something - but he cdnt find

his way in tt corner. They

tried to do something - Bombs

were being thrown from all sides - they

didnt manage to do anything

Till dawn nothing ws done.

The news came tt / rt flank

had advanced (but it ws a

version o / old false report - 

the positn at dawn ws / same).

Esp. at M there were heavy losses

Over the C.T L N there ws an overhead

traverse K M. Men were sent overhe
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him. The troops in / dark

entered / trench behind 1/57.

Several hours passed in

this way & the state of affairs

ws now pretty well stable.

Abt midnight the CO Regt gave

an order tt they shd make a

night attack. He had divided

the front into 3 parts under 3

Bn COs. Abt  ZK, KY & YP.

During / night there ws a great

congestn & disorder in this

valley & these trenches.

Z/B asked the CO Regt

if he cd remain at KY & the new

Bn CO go to YP bec. Z/B didn't

know YP but he did know KY-

& the new man knew nothing.

The attack ws begun - at

what hour Z/B doesn't know.

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Hill 60. Gap in Hedge.

Taken from top of crater.

H
[*[This is Sk. H² 

C.E.W.B. 

7/2/47]*]

& do all I can. But you too

on your part do all you can.

By / time Z/B got back / 

night ws falling. He hadnt made

out, by then, / positn at F.

The ½ Coy wh had bn lying in /

valley had bn sent up in disorder.

but had gone. ( I don't quite 

understand this).
W night reinfts began to 

come, w / C.O. 13^th Regt.

Alirza Bey. (Probly he came w

one Bn. of his regt).

The two COs of Bns of 47 Regt

also got back to their HQrs at

Z & Y - they had no troops

but cd be consulted as advisers.

Abt midnight Alirza Bey

took ^up his HQ abt Z. Z/B went to

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