Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/26B/1 - April - May 1915 - Part 3

he got it out it was shot
through. A piece as big as
a 2/- bit was taken out
- it would have broken off
if he had tried is on another
Turk. The Turks all cleared
off into the scrub. We threw saw
a few shot, "but they made
a lying down fight, of it and
we made a standing up fight
of it.
——
Maj. Kindon puffing pipe
all / time.
[Shooting towards Fishermens
Hut].
There was firing away on
our right & we wanted to
get along there & help in it.
Thought that was where they
were wanted to go. Saw

Col. Clark lying dead there
on top of a heap of about 4 men
of 12^th & perhaps one of 1st.
think they were
went right along the col
& beyond to where / green
ridge joins. Hung on till
abt 5 oclock. Shrapnel was
hot till we eased out to
left, when it seemed to get
lighter - it went more
down / gully.
During / afternoon / Turks
began to come on - blue
coated fellows. Before then the
Turks we saw lying in the
slope were all khaki - you
cd only tell them from our boys
by their skull caps. We had seen
several dead & several wounded.

a fair number only. (our
men mostly complained tt
they saw few Ts. C.E.W.B.)
Their machine guns used
to be laid on little paths
cut straight thro' / scrub
either for rifles or for
machine guns. I didnt
Tumble to it at first (sd
Shout) but afterwds I saw
tt whoever went along these
paths ws shot down. [Someone
else told me. tt / brown patches
were trenches & tt / paths
had to be avoided. That ws
a discovery we only made by
Experience & ws very Expensive.
C.E.W.B.] Our men were
very few by then, so we decided

—→ [Note
Lt Shout, 1^st Bn went well forward
up 700 with Maj. Kindon. As they
were coming back they met some
New Zealanders who had had
a machine gun out there -
they had buried the machine
gun, they sd.]

to retire. I had told Harry
Freme to hold that col (at
/ end of / Chess board) with
6 men & the last I saw
of him was tt he was
binding up one man with
a field dressing.
^X↑ On retiring (abt 5 p.m.)
found Col. Braund lying out
there. I came down to /
beach & saw someone
here & took up abt 200
stragglers of / men whom I
cd find on that side. Then
I took them up to Col. Braund.
Then I came down again & saw
a staff officer & he promised to
let him ^(Braund) have 2 Bns of New
Zealanders to dig in up there
that night.

From Maj. Bennett
6th Bn. Galeka.
7^th.
First a considerable amount
of Shrapnel-first few boats
especially. Only 3 got out of
one boat - one of / first lot.
They landed well down to /
left where they shd have landed
- one o / white boats.
Very few got rifle fire
from / shore except / first batch
of the 7^th Bn.
The rest landed 6/7
Skipper of the Galeka
came in very close - Capt
Burt. Each boat load went
over to Shrapnel Gully. We
formed up abt 200 yards
from the 7^th.

Diagram- see original scan.

Mountain
? Main guns were still
going - down Shrapnel Gully.
Formed up at 7a.m. Moved
off at 7.10 a.m. Moved off
in Company columns, 50
paces between them
Diagram- see original scan.
We were told tt the 7^th wd be
on our right & the 5^th
were supposed to be on our
left; but as we landed
before them we took their
place.
We pushed over Razorback
Hill. Then down; Pimples. So
The Pimple was about on our
left. They temporarily established

present line *, & then pushed
on - 8.30 am. at latest. As
we got forward the line was
very thin.
7^th
6^th
*
We got to Pine Ridge. We
got Shrapnel going down. The
men started falling back. I
went forward with about 20
but landed over with abt
three. Lay down & one was
shot. I went back to get
reinfts. The 5^th Bn reinfd us
& some of the 1^ST Bde - at
any rate we found them
there afterwards. We went
forward to Endeavour to get

the "original" position & lost
touch because those on /
right had not gone on.
In the thick scrub we could
not get touch with anybody
on our left. The 7^th wanted
to dig in on their present
position. The Brigadier told
them to push on & they pushed
on - some with 8^th (who
stayed back & dug in).
we got out &
Diagram- see original scan.
Note.
7^th was on
both sides of
6^th but
Especially on
left of 6^th.

some of / men falling back
wanted to get to / beach.
1p.m. I collected the main
mass of the reinforcements
& made one solid line
& dug it forward &
extended / line a good bit
to / right - 200 to 300
yards. We strengthened
that line. We cd see /
enemys guns on Gun
Ridge exactly opposite. I
reported these guns & /
navy got on to them abt
2 hours later.
I was wounded abt
4 pm. in / front line. The
we were told scrub ahead
was very thick but / Enemy cd
not be seen. We lost very few

men lying down.
Hamilton Hook        Wells    Strachan
1^ST day.      1^ST Week Helles   1^st day
have all been killed -
Up to today (June 5) we have had
16 deaths amongst officers in 6 Bn)
I got a rifle bullet thro' /
shoulder & thro' / wrist. I ws
standing up directing fire onto a
group of Turks in front o /
guns. I ws / only one hit in
tt line. I got up back, handed over
to some officer of another Battalion.
Went on hospital ship & came
back next day. I have not
missed another day.
Men who had gone up in
20s & 30s, finding only
2 or 3 left, wanted to go back