Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/30/1 - April - August 1915 - Part 3
W. Hills. 29th Div.
Aug 21.
18
another jumped up in his place -
he ws short too. Ts came over in
3s & 4s as usual. Maj. Goodsell
on right held on to part of his trench
the attack a wk later ws far
better arranged - they knew what
to do then - so / officer sd.
On Aug 21 the 29th Divn wd to
go for W Hills from N of Chocolate
Hill; the 33, 34, 35 Bdes were
to attack certain trenches on S.
to prevent enfilade from T. trench
XY
[Sketched map- see original scan.]
The Bde on / right ws to start from our
trench A & take Turk trench YZ.
The Bde on / left ws to go on &
take Turk trench TQ & the Bde
19
in reserve ws to help to take T. trench
XY. The right Bde did its job The it
left bde somehow lost directn &
came on right across / front of
29th. The 3rd Bde wondered off
to Susak Kuyu. The right Bde left
by itself, attacked from 3 sides,
came back. The right Bde came
back. I am told th we had the
Burnt Hill already at this
time &only lost it afterwards
-GSO II of 1st Australn Divn (Maj Jackson)
who ws there on ^their staff tells
me so. He doesnt believe I
British men were right up in
Anafarta. As for I yeomanry
they had to come later right
across I plain under a fearful
shelling & were killed in rows
as they lay up waiting on I S. side
of Chocolate Hill. You cd see
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20in reserve ws to take T trench
them there next day (he says). He
thought they were alive & asked
what they were doing there.
He never heard th they went
any further but I'm pretty sure
he's wrong if he mean th they
didn't.
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