Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/27/1 - April - August 1915 - Part 3

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an immense        will be given to a large section of the German

fail [[shorthand?]] impetus [[shorthand?]]
public who believe that a long war is the best war from for Germany and most

[[shorthand?]]
[[shorthand?]] allies
Certain to bring about a divison of the allies
Push of the 9^th & 10^th
after the 15^th retired.

HAND DRAWN SKETCH
27th April.
Tuesday.
9 in action today.
5 [[?]] Mackay.
4 supporting 3rd
Infantry
getting on to [[?]]
guns
machine guns.
8.30 Drawing fire
& [[?]] careless of shrapnel wh.
element to [[shorthand?]] on to them.
be right
giving nimble
The battery wh aid - yesty was near Kojadere
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getting order on beach.
 

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Nerves. Men have no sleep. A hit
gives a great shock to the strongest man.
There is a [[shorthand?]] ^heavy strain on officers & under this
they are apt. ^to imagine There is much more
xxxx opposed to them than there is
-e.g. crowds of ^machine guns ^six x to our one [[shorthand?]]
all concentrated on a point.
One officer [[shorthand?]]. ^told me one minute he could see the [[shorthand?]] ^German officers
in green uniform w (swords at the carry). The [[shorthand?]] ^next minute
he sd he never saw them
 

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Ordnance. Officrs
Ap 22. The day before we left L. Austin
tears into the lounge at 6pm. Fairly slung over
with [[shorthand?]] ^ field glasses & compasses - like a saddlers shop merchant
"I say - I've got 10 [[?]] gun barrels, &
200 pairs of trousers & all these compasses &
glasses - real good ones", ^ he said [[shorthand?]]panting with
excitement. "Two complete guns! They'll
just do for the 5^th – just splendid. I
think I'll get 'em all round tonight!    If I
cd only get that [[?try]] when she finishes with
Ramsay. I've got a boat alongside
now. If I can get back I can get some
more. I left Tuckett digging out the
trowsers for all he ws worth."
In comes A.C. ordnance.
Divisional Ordnance tells him - "No sir -
they're not for you - these are 1^st
Australian Divn."  "Im Australian
& New Zealand", says A.C. with a
heavy accent on the and. "Theres
no New Zealand stuff in this", says
Divisional Ordnance.
Then he ran off to unload his
boat & get what more he cd. Dinner
& such things werent thought of.
"And theres the X - just left Alex
with field gun ammunition", he gasps
as he leaves.
"Too late for us" says A.C.
 

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"We can take all the Anglo. can give
us, 3 million small arms - but we
cant get much of the other. They might
give us a part of it."
 

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Signallers - ^messages interfered w by ^Germans.
Eg Today we saw a youngster with match
red & white go down line & listen to a
message opp. ^Brigade H.Q. (Possibly a
^? returned Australian). xxxCol. Maclagan
asked what is that man doing? [[shorthand?]] xxx Someone sd: Oh
he's one of the 8th red & whites. It'll be
green & white ^tomorrow sd M^cL.
Sure eno' Watson tells me ^that no
man with red & white has right to
interfere w line.
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