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

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Diagram - see original document
Man has been burnt

here. Bit of

Aust. kit.

View from where Wilkins found Cartridge case.
Point prob reached by Tulloch on Ap 15.
On top of B'ship hill, S.W side of crest, we
found the Kit of an Ausatralian 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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3rd track. Ts firing abt 200yds down hill
Turks firing from lower down on this ridge all along crest
Diagram - see original document 
Baby 700 from Turk firing line on Track 2. 
H. Feb 18/1919 

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Diagram - see original document

H. Feb 18 1919.
Point which Loutit may have reached 
(looking S).

Gun Ridge to left out of picture. 
J. Jolly & L. Pine to right (not shown.
[There are four sketches
numbered H.
This may be called H¹
C.EW.B
7/2/41 ]

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go at once to Chunuk Bair.

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

newly arrvd 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. √ 

Kerosine 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) 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. make

dumps with out [[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-

Diagram - see original document

19 & 2 (2 Divn was going w [[?]]]
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 [[?]] &

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 [[?]]

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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Diagram - see original document
Hill 60. Gap in Hedge.

Taken from top of crater.

[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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Diagram - see original document
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