Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/13/1 - August 1915 - Part 3

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T. orders [[shorthand]] to O.C. 125
47,
48
77
16

Turks got officers deary at Hellas evidently
on June 3 or 4. They translated & [[shorthand]] it &
we have retranslated the [[?Turkish]]
23 March [[shorthand]] Also [[shorthand]] horses dyed.
17 [[shorthand]] T. TB chased us.
20. At Lemnos [[shorthand]] 16 [[shorthand]]
21 Saw Q Eliz [[shorthand]] in [[shorthand]]
25 Landed R wing [[shorthand]] real [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] dead.
4000 T [[shorthand]] 13 000 Br
1 Bn K0S 13
1 Co. 6 / 7 or B
1 Bn KMBF
28 Many [[shorthand]]
30 Retired [[shorthand]]
May 1. Landed Mtn Bty.
& so on
May 5 Tried to capture top of Hill.
7 Heavy casualties both sides
12 4 men condemned to death
commutted to 5 & 10 yrs.
P.T.O.

20
13 80 animals & 20 men died
15 85 ----- 4 men k. 16 men q.
[[shorthand]] Ts [[shorthand]]
Our [[shorthand]] T shell. If Ts [[shorthand]]
caused [[shorthand]]
18. t. arty fired well, since 10am [[shorthand]]
May 19 [[shorthand]] 1st [[shorthand]] Territorals [[shorthand]]
regulars [[shorthand]] but if we are.
[[shorthand]] I dont seem able to do [[shorthand]]
20 Enemy [[shorthand]] heavily & repulsed. Our
[[shorthand]] day so tt Ts [[shorthand]]
27 Recd [[shorthand]] Manchester Bde
being cut up we sent to different points
[[shorthand]] obliged [[shorthand]] are
territorials.
28 acc. [[shorthand]] opinion Ts are [[shorthand]] off in
arms & ammn & are superior to [[shorthand]]
30 [[shorthand]] aeroplanes arrd.
J2. Chemicals [[shorthand]]
Certified [[shorthand]] copy 28 June
sgn ALI

21
A few extracts
Diary of Austrln (really NZ) soldier.
May 13. [[shorthand]] on Ts. we are to be [[shorthand]]
on [[shorthand]]
on flank of Tommies are
Lancashire Territorials, 2 days
yet before we go to / firing line
14 Turks wasting much ammunition
20. After half an hour a feeble
attack by Ts wh we repulsed
w gt ease.
24 From 7.10 am to 4.30 both
sides buried their dead.
There were hundreds of [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] dead. I estimate
abt. 2000 Turks dead.
28 We had 7 w Hear / Gks 
have joined w us. I think /
Turks are going to attack us.
29 We had seven wounded
today by shrapnel. We are all
anxious to come to close
[[shorthand]]
Pub by [[shorthand]]

[Diagram - see original scan]

Lone Pine Prisoners.
Ts are all innoculated for Typhoid,
Cholera, & Sop.
Daoad Ali - Sergt. 47 Bn
1, 2, 3 Bns. Lone Pine.
125 Regt
Heard there were [[shorthand]]
Attack [[shorthand]] surprise
2 coys & 2 coys behind - 500 [[shorthand]] trenches
200 in a Coy.
Abt 3 wks ago 300 came as [[shorthand]] to
125 [[shorthand]]
2 or 3 days talk of [[shorthand]] to
recapture lost trench. 2 Coys of 125 [[shorthand]]
were shifted to 48 [[shorthand]] & one coy from 47
for tt purpose
Extreme left of 47 goes down gully to sea
48 in rear of it.
Heavy losses by shell fire last [[shorthand]]
but not many before.

Hussein Ali Kemal
2 [[shorthand]] in L. Pine
Attack [[shorthand]]
Good [[shorthand]] 1st [[shorthand]]
1 Co [[shorthand]]  )
I Co in supports      )
2 Cos. in support.
O.C. Coy & 3 officer cadets in trench.
Section of 6 Platoons, 8 men in Platoon
i.e. 48
ws 2 [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] no sooner [[shorthand]] saw
your [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] 200 [[shorthand]] shot [[shorthand]]
233
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125 p. 28ood bus (142)
I Redif understrugh
2 Coye of 43 in reerve.
49
Lianer Post
Prisoners,
13,14,25, 32, 4748, 72 Kyts
at anzac.
Sr. Corps 30,46.
32
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Senell 42
urkish Observer's Note. 4.8.15
5.25 am 5 0C, 47 Reyt.
1 Evening thoar 3 large boubs or 125 Regts t
. Enemys o & as Bal Tipe bombarded our
left win
I Lond Noiss we heard on enemys pier.
 

Beport. L.8.15 11,4500
To OC47 Ryt.
/ No charge on enemys front.
2. Eneayy bombarded our 1 but I
felll in year of our lines
Onr shells fell belied ws
4. On our font we lost one martyr
h ba consumed
14 cases of Amu
277.15. 545 to OC. 47 Regt.
sapping abt 15
retres, ahead of our new sap
T. Tally - back slope is Red Ridy.
in port of Pumple is Martyrs Hill.
 

Chathams - Yeshel D. green I
Bottons - Gul Tepe. rose I
Gully S of Mackays Hill – Chakal?J5 Pebbb
our Back of T. Tolly (Wes) Serri ?s6s yekos
Froub of 400 abt
& Shuhada? 034marty?

Macaurins Hill-Kidik
Opp quinns - Buyuk (1) big DS.D.
Valley i wh tineings Rdmns- Bomba bomb an ,
English Pier.
The Nek - Kheanat Hiites treachery
Supers nest-Kapa. I closed covered
Battleshop Hill - Dennuit.
old N. 3 Post - Chatal
Due E. of quinns andmain sper 1 part is
D B Cibertine
tasik San.
tpare - IIKD
isgent WS
Enemys live from S. Pivie Ridge s Giel Nar? 2as
Valleyintions, & t Pine = Kanli Sirt (Bloody kitzs
alley
Gun Rid rwine slass (ab) & OLive groveof Kara Yorghe.
Black Caoye S1
Due E of Tesm. Post (4t Pim)S KIXLI
4
partiige Os
main
Ridge across, gully from Owens Gully- Kondalike I
has Das
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point dattack
tack.
Coptured map showe clearly to
some sort of attack ws planneds in
Lone Pine section it codhave come juar
N. o Tasmania post & apst pimple shortly
after thathaus post ws made.
and et wahab Ridge-
Hally Spur,
Kil-Warvally - valley &s it.
On gan of marked folly &
29 Field By.
16 Field 1B
Quick Mount gun 2B.
18. Prob, 5 guns. As favas we
is there are 5 guns there.
Kanti Tepe - Hill 60
Bloody &ill
Savler is connected w a was.
meaning watery.
Fashli Fine - stoney Hell
Edee Exgt of 971 where 92
 

Map. evidently for attack: enlarged
tellegram from Tuskmag
Boltons Hill - Gul Tepe.
new evemys trendes"- Chalham past
Green Hill- our wheatfield.
HC. marked abt where old 12 Bn HO were.
Big Valley.
Shrap. Gull
Coal him vatlu
Bardyes Ro
Maardin
shell green valley.
Chatcal Dere-
Kikrik Dere - S of Mr Cays Hill
Point of Attack - Tumple o N of Tasmanen
Post
Browns Belly pretty well placed - marked
2Blys 35 10 Brown
Hughes Batty – Ening Bally 3.5
The St Standard - H Bay-rak - Sandiak
Has.
Ht. Bayrak Rudge - Ping Pite
Another
that made atter 25 t may
Nat very correct. gives as right down to
Teen trucher & up to Battlesbyg Hill.
125 on T. Tolley 43 key ofp wholes of
tine
 

some time ago Blarney sent out policiman
w 2 prisoners who were ordered to gather
wood. Sent them to Holly Spuer & ordered
them to get bis bundles - hoping they wd
run away & tell turkes what a good
time they had. He told policeman to so
to steep & not watch tem too closely,
At ind of about am house Policiman
took them to Hotly Spiv, let them stroll out
lost to sight - About an hour later they
came back carrying the 2 byjest bundles of
firewood wver yet can in Anzoc.
 

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