Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/134/1 - November 1916 - Part 4

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First World War, 1914–18
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33 directy Lend th the Tergh of tn He of the hat fot to be left when the order Coy or o passed down Lient A. Brown (now Capt. Tmp withdsaw to the Yt hel tat In the incentie to had be seen mo te lep. Bythe the order reached MeI. all the man on Mc left were out of moo toward. abo the
passed the right S sart out hims. over the M. abe W see McI. fin eight so ta PI the 2 onto Order the othe of Ehe th fir te the Out 6 t D 2
31 Abt 150 Lr on so 6 4 Lt Mcl. commanded Scoys ACFD & they tlalled only 91. oy lost 30 - wh 6/ with 1NCO & 10 men. Encl. Coy Cst abt 20 altogether (leavin 33 busoin but of l Barber w taught b n Kele has bee 4 soon thre 1 th hel l Shraan tehind to McJ. ti 5 Brn until he wscn t 22 £1 the srot 2 t 36
A.W. 37 killed 1 Col. Leave e on nex+ Car in on along duck boards Farm Last Waterlot Maj Read tis trapnel) dueng the in commo Nos 16 fight furing the whole day No0 16 before cattack half a dogen wessages were from frontline sent for Cowos, but nowe came. Durin attack a message we sent for boubs wh did not arrive until men were lackon Tumps of 2e Thefatigul party for these bombs courists
38 t coll at Yos BaHt Brs Off o a There as wno saw the E. Yorks there Capt. A. Brown (B. didnt he sate know of him) + their morale ws sone long tim They had be a +ty on the Somane he T4e to wosale. E York ne. g. Corporal as firia his gun on parapet when a boub but him & be ws the blown up. Posiet started them The E. Yorks from tr boub post ran back behind thei boub supply near post
39 Sengt The Custialian coming up to bombs o the E Yarks coming back o they sd - dont go up all are com were eade back The to the S.Off 2 then Terft, organised boub posts in the T. O truch here we a Coy of 201 in support but Brown did not order it up as he considered that men e had end (situctir to deal t

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directed them & sent
the Sergt off again. He
had got to the left of the
Coy when the order
ws passed down from
Lieut A. Brown - to
(now Capt)
withdraw to the Jumping
off trench & hold that.
In the meantime men
had bn seen moving abt
on the left. By the time
the order reached McI.
all the men on McI's
left were out o / trench
& moving off towards the 

 

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Jumping off trench. McI.
passed the order onto the
right, saw the men near
him started, & then got
out himself. They went
over the top. There
ws m.g. fire but men
about McI. did not
seem to suffer.
McI. saw tt the m.gs
were moving out of the
right post. Bombers
stayed behind to cover
them - & tt is probly
how Sergt. Chappell
ws taken prisoner. 

 

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28th ws abt 150 strong on going
out.  Lt Mcl. commanded 3 coys
A C & D & they totalled only 91.
Brown's Coy lost 30 - wh left
it with / NCO & 10 men. McIs
Coy lost abt 20 altogether (leaving 33
ongoing out o / line).      

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Barber ws probly
caught by machine
gun & killed — nothing
has been heard of 
him.
As soon as Germans
threw the 1st bomb they
stopped shelling & put up
a shrapnel barrage
behind our supports.
McI. did not know
tt Brown ws wounded
until he ws. in / jumping
off trench  & found tt / order
ws incorrectly passed.
The Germans cd be seen
bombing up / whole trench.

 

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Col ^A.W. Leane ws killed.
on next tour in line
going along duckboards
past Waterlot Farm:
(Shrapnel).  Maj Read ws
in command during the
Nov 16 fight.
During the whole day of
Nov 16. before c.attack half
a dozen messages were
sent for bombs ^from front line but none
came.  During attack a
message ws sent for
bombs wh did not arrive 
until men were back in
Jumpg. off trench. The fatique
party for these bombs consists

 

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of E. Yorks collected at
Bn H.Qrs.
There ws an Offr. of
the E. Yorks there who saw
Capt. A Brown (B. didn't
know of him) & he sd tt
their morale ws gone.
They had bn a long time
on the Somme, & they had
no morale.  The E. Yorks
m.g. corporal ws firing
his gun on parapet when
a bomb hit him and he ws
blown up.  Possibly this
started them.
The E. Yorks from their
bomb post ran back behind
their bomb supply rear post.

 

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The Australian Sergt
coming up w bombs & met
the E Yorks coming back
& they sd — "dont go up —
we've been ordered all are coming back
to the J. off trench."  The
Sergt ^then organised bombg
posts in the J.O. trench.
There was a Coy of 20 Bn
in support but Brown
did not order it up

he had eno' men
to deal w / situation. 

 

 

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