Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/88/1 - September 1917 - Part 11

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it was 5th Divn infantry. It
seemed to me that here especially
we were endangering the lives
of these men - by s both in the trench
we left & the trench we came
to - by showing the Enemy where
they were, & that something
was going on. (I think I met here
Lieut Flintoff, 58 Bn.)
We then made our way
back along the northern edge
of the ridge.  Over the track
to Glencorse Wood an ugly
grey 4.2" "universal" shell
was bursting every few
minutes, so I took Gullett
along a line a little north of it, where
there was a low bank
running parallel with
our path. When we were
near the spot where the
shell burst & I heard it coming 

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we crouched down - the
bank sheltered us & the
fragments flew harmlessly
overhead.  But I had forgotten
that Leist & Gilmour
would not be up to this
dodge.  They were following
us at about 100 yards, &
when we passed this point
we looked back & saw them
in obvious anxiety how to
get along.  I signed to them
to come along, but it
was pretty rough on them.
However they got through
& the thing that pleased me was
that Leist had now been round
this battlefield within a day or
two of the actual attack which 

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he might have to paint. He
had seen a more practice more active
xxxx battlefields than any
of our artists except
Will Dyson, & the knowledge
he gained would be very
valuable to him & to the
Australian records.
It was afterwards
arranged that one of the
pictures he was commissioned
to paint should be that
of an incident on this
plateau in this battle
(death of Lt Turnour, 58 Bn) 

Col. Heron 41 Bn.
Col. Wilcock 42
Col. Butler 43
Col. Clarke 44.  2 in ^c. 40 Bn.
White : Howse
Law: Brissinden
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11 Fld Coy)
44 Bn      )  Messines
43 Bn      )   Ridged
                      July 31
11 Bn Leanes Trench Aug 5
Anzac Ap26 Hughes BG

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11 Fl
44 Bn ) Messines
43 Bn ) Ridged
               July 31
11 Bn Leanes Trench Aug 5
Anzac Ap26 Hughes BG