Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/28/1 - 1915 - Part 3

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10th Btn
(Take in opposite).
Maj:

Right up gully past 9. & _^up very steep
xxx onto surface - across 2 small
dips.  Lamb came up to first dip.
Valley ws on our right.  As we reached the
2nd Ridge Turks began to appear on
3rd Ridge I thought, _^"We’ll hang on here & let these
other fellows dig"
Abt 3p.m. Lear sd. "Turks are getting round
They're enfilading us from / left" - put
his head up - & looked round to the 
left to where they thought the 12^th were
& ws hit thro' right jugular.
Lt Cowey ws on my rt when Lear ws
K.  I pa He ws doing splendid work.
As T.s seemed to were seen getting round on
Walkers & we cd see our fellows
were being pushed back ( xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx we always took them for
the 12^th - we had seen 12^th getting hell at
Fisherman's Hut on left - & so knew
where they had gone )
A few N.Z. (who came in behind us)
had dug come on & done splendid
work but most won't stop - it
ws too hot for them they got back
to / edge of / gully.  Retirement on
left began at abt 2.  We reached
there at 9 or 9.30 & got back abt
dusk - right incline to Quinns &

.X.
(take in this passage after the other
insertion, at .X. opposite)
Giles says some attempt ws
made to advance ? on Walkers
Ridge? on the Monday - but
unsuccessful.
Maj. Wagstaffe tells me that it
is quite true tt our men were
lining the Bloody Angle past Quinns
on Monday;  they were under
/ crest trying to get at Turks
by putting their bayonets over / 
top & / Turks on / top were trying
to reach down over crest w
their bayonets. 
[ ?For the fate of Read of 1115
See Griffiths of Canterburys
& Waite of N. Z. Engrs. ]

Courtneys. We _^Our rt had bn firing on the
enemy crossing end of Mule Gully.  We left
abt 60 dead there.  A gt number of wounded
crawled back & were carried - Sergt _^major in 3 Bn
ws bandaging them - We had no touch w
anyone on left.  Rr rear ws on gully. 
:+: (Take in passage from 2 pages back.)
.X. (Take in here passage on opp. page)
There ws a rounded slope on edge of
Bloody Angle like this: [diagram - see original document] but a square
edge at  Quinns: [diagram - see original document] I thought:  There are
plenty of men lining the edge behind
us - we'll incline to right & go towards
tt T. trench -
At Courtneys we found more of the 
3 bn.
Quinns ws then prac. one m.g. in
bushes - bushes all along crest at
this time & heavy fire but we
managed to retire along top.
Cowie (shot in wrist) v. vigorous
in helping to build trenches at
Courtneys. Capt. Walsh (K) in xx _^charge of one
length of trench to right again doing fine
work.  Maj Carter ws K. there in
same trench as Walsh (both shot
from front - Cowie got careless)
Maj. Lamb ws continually there -
Maj. Steele came up abt 3rd day (w 2
other officers) - we were sniped from rear
-we cd see patrols scouring bushes

Capt. Lear,
a subaltern
& possibly 3rd
were k. out
there 1st day.
Turks (shorthand)
in some of our
uniforms.

but left hand spur of Courtneys kept
up from being fired at in passing up &
down hillside.
First night we feinted one charge
but kept Ts off w rapid fire.
2^nd 3^rd 4^th nights we cd see
T bayonets amongst dense bushes
20 yds away - they wd go left
& right -
Message _^arrd arrd abt tt Brit & French at 10 a.m. Mond.
tt British & French wd be coming
up from behind Turks abt 4 o'c.
So not to fire when they came 
up.
On Mond. morng. 16^th Bn.? seemed
to get along Walkers ridge seemed
ws far as in front of Popes to
line w Mortar Ridge but a
Q.E. shell landed amongst them
abt 8-9 a.m.  Turks were coming
tt way very thick.  Q.E. seemed
to follow them.  They broke &
ran & we followed them w rifle
fire - Cowey & 3 NZs & 3 or 4 of 3^rd
Bn did some wonderful shooting -
as soon as line of men dropped
they fired on them - traversed them from
right to left. 
(G. next day made home made
periscope.)

We very soon realised Ts
wont charge & wont stand
our charge.

Tuesd. Q E ws still firing I think
Dardonelles way.  Biggest Naval
shooting on Monday 9 - 10
[Col. Shaw says he noticed naval shells
lobbing amongst T.s on Tues. afternoon,
but Monday ws worse - Ships plastered
whole slopes of main range where
T.s were coming over in groups
& lines of columns. ½ Coy batches -
but chiefly in sections ].
On Mon. Tues nights when we
had to charge N.Z. passed round
"Dont charge - Ts have m.gs ready."
We passed orders - "Prepare to charge!
Charge on the whistle blast!!" Then
in whisper dont go past parapet.
We wd yell - 3 lines of trenches, w
fixed bayonets (chiefly 2nd night)
jump up on parapet - give whistle -
and Turks cleared - you cd see
bayonet flash as they disappeared
(They used to fire from hips as they
advanced) & cd hear m.gs firing
from rt & left abt 10 yds in from of us. We very
soon realised tt / Turks wont charge & wont stand our charge.
The Ts practically had the high knob
at Steele's abt 10 yds away, &
started to scratch ground there - but
they were driven off in this same

Trail, m.g. offr of 8^th,
tells Glasfd he ws 4 times
backwds & forwds to Sun
Ridge - i.e.2ce there
2 a back. G & I think
this cant be true.
way at night 2 or 3 times tho'
they kept snipers there - it ws
a death trap by day
4TH BATTN. AP. 26TH.
Ws in Hancock's Wagstaff's dug out tonight
when Glasfurd came in & had a long yarn
Glasfurd tells me in continuation
of the story of Ap26:
(4Bn)
[Drawing - see original document]
J. Jolly                 L. Pine
Browns Dip
Fanning 
in trenches
18 in deep
Victoria Gully
H.Q White Valley
Bridges told G. to take up
On Mond afternoon there was a
gap betw. left of M'Cays & right
of Maclagans.  Bridges went to
this point early - & wanted this
straightened out.  He ws w Glasfurd &
he found bits of the 6 & 7 & 5 at
F & E & ws v. annoyed.  Glasfurd
put part of 6.7 at A & part at B
forming the Pimple by the Daisy Field

[Circle Symbol] Take in where marked)
[M'Cay abt 9 am _^on first xx day
had found one of his bns breaking
back & had gone out of his
H.Q. to them.  "You bloody
Cowards!" he sd "you bloody
curs - get up - what are
you doing here - for God's
sake remember you are
Australians."  Several bns
of 2nd  Bde broke this first
morning.  The first thing White
saw after on going S. ws a
battalion breaking back over
the 400 plateau ]
Take in on p. opposite where marked :+:
[G. on / edge of Victoria Gully
remembers seeing Clements &
someone asking him wh way
to go, or something o / sort. ]
them Bridges told him _^he had better find 5^th.
G He took Wallis to find the 5^th & lead
them up & the Genl. sd:  "Well then
I think I'll go home". [Circle Symbol] (Take in passage on opp. page) G. went across
w Wallis & found 5^th at H & thereabouts
& directed them to go forwd & dig
in in the direction of X.  He got
the people who were digging in at C
to go forwd to where they cd get a good
field of fire (nearer to A)  At C they
were screened by the rise.  [The people
dug in at F were facing S. in an
old Turkish trench!]
Bridges had sd to Glasfurd
-"I want you to go & tell Onslow
Thompson how pleased I am w /
4^th Bn & / way they have acted done"
So after finding 5^th he went
straight down steep side of
Victoria Gully ^:+:, digging in his
heels & up / other side towards
Thompsons H.Q.  He found some
o / signallers there & asked
where / Col. ws.  Theyve just

(g)one out, Sir" sd / signaller - There's
bn a general advance ordered.
He went straight on & as he got up
other side met some of 4^th
coming back.  He asked them what
they were doing.  "We've bn ordered
to _^retire & take up our old trenches" they
sd.  he sd he'd show them where
they were, & placed them along a
path wh ran down along / hill,
& got them to improve / edge o /
path into a trench.  On their right
ws Lt Fanning who had not gone
forwd w / rest but ws in
trenches 18 in deep - "pretty good
trenches" G. sd ys - & he made
him a sort of pivot.  He
put / rest o / line a little
forward - rallying / men &
leading them back a little. 
The charge had some NE (Z)
[just in / directn he had told
the 5^th to go in-]  the 4^th must
have charged round / back of
Lone Pine & any valley it met
must have bn Owen's gully,
there may be a stream in Owens

Gully with a sandy cut in /
bank where H.Q. ws placed
as McNaughton described it to me.
A part of the 4^th anyway
retired across Owens gully
across J. Jolly or / foreground
to it for tt is / way Massey
came in very shaken (and no
wonder) having carried Col. O. Thompson
& the Cols. body ws found afterwds
somewhere in the region of Y.
______
Our men certainly got onto
Holly Ridge / first day, for
Glasfurd going over it w Major
Field a couple of days later found
rifle pits on / top of it & dug outs
down / gully w our cartridge
cases in them, & funk holes down
in / bottom o / gully.
_______________________
On the Monday / line betw
Maclagan & M Cay ws still
very open.
On / Tuesday there were rifle
pits all along for Glasfurd
hopped along them.  Top of Wire Gully
of course ws still open.

Two xxxxx _^NZ & A Divns Acct of
attack of May 2/1915 on
Baby 700
Not correct in all details
Night of 2/3 May 1915
Intention to occupy line including knoll 224 D 5
thence S by W along W bank of gully 224 O, S.W
It ws known that it ws entrenched & most of enemy attacks came
from 224 D.
Troops:  2 infantry Bdes of NZ & A Divn & 1 Bn of Naval Bde.;
was to join right w / left of 1^st Aust Divn wh was not to move
The 4^th A.I.Bde ws to advance & make a good line connecting
700 w / left flank of Quinns Post in cooperation w the N Z Inf Bde
The Naval Bn ws to form a general reserve on Plugges Plateau Sq. 224 B5.
Above all, the NZs & Austlns were to be in touch at / end of / operation
The advance ws to commence at 7.15 pm. NZ Bde ws to be in Monash Gully
ready to advance. Otago Bn was to move past to the left of the 4^th Bde towds
Knoll 224 D 5, Canterbury Battln in support, Otago Bn in
reserve.  Wellington Bn to hold trenches.
4 Bde:
16th, 13th Bns were to advance w 15^th in support & 14^th in trenches
At 7pm the Razor Ridge (Dead Mans Hill) & the ground were well
shelled by Naval & military guns till 7.15.
At 7.25 pm they were swept by Rifle & m. g. fire & in a

Mon ?
At 7.15 the 16th advanced NE to head of valley & stormed /
slopes o / ridge & made good by 7.45 - but suffered heavily from enfilade M g
fire.  They then dug in.  The 13^th followed 16^th to head of valley &
gained high ground on left of 16 Bn & prolonged line towds
Knoll 700.  But as Otago had not yet come up on its left
& as orders were definite abt joining up, / left of 13^th was
held back
15^th Bn had recd orders to give Otago Bn right of way
& come up after them.  15th had therefore to stand fast till Otago past
thro' its lines.  Otago did not arrived at the junctn o / valleys till 7.45
& didnt clear Popes Hill till 8.45 Lt Col Moore Commanding the Bn
had left Walkers Ridge at 4.30 p.m. moving along / beach & Monash
Gully.  The enemys sharpshooters delayed him, & also stretcher
parties.  The further advance of Otago ws made in / face of a
withering m.g. fire from 224 D5 & stopped abt 50 yds from its objve.
They then lay down & opened fire & began to dig. One coy of 15 Bn then
went forward & joined Otago up w / left of 13th.  This Coy reached
the enemys forward trenches on Knoll 700 but had to fall back
into line.