Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/10/1 - June - September 1915 - Part 10

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attack by 5 o’c. We had our m. gr, wh did
good work but our m.g. officer, Talbot Smith,
ws killed.
Talbot Smith landed w / rest w his m.g. in his scouts
from same boat as Col. [Rumball (ws probably
thinking of the hut on Ari Burmer when he gave
me his yarn of the Fishermans Hut.]
Part of 191h came in oour right. we had
some of 1 Bde (sone of 2n. The Is allacked all
butwer very scare. Our trenches were
day whitet, we were bein shelled. They were jast
fank holep- we starld to yoin up on Monray
De Co had took & being on left o having sand baps
had good trenche by 1 time afternoon attact
came on. They were infront of Col. Maclagans H
sund night kypy of fightny all night. Monday
we were shelled - 1 machine yuns used well.
On monday aft. B coy ws puchdback.
15 thy were on their right - & were put in over
hill again
Monday night a Catly ture wer take.
then dead away. The 9. Spis was blown
tops of hitls off artery 1 contouns
as wel sel.
Ths morning then as an attack as dawn
ap mule valley (where they collected) & were goll
(B) Was not this at 7.300c) past our pent.
In mo
at930) some cavatry appear
 

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mounted from D dismounted, ffrom perhbo
knoll f Z& attacked with drawn (swordd &
Wochout any covery fire. They cause within
500yds when we dud heavy tire mn dop
They ran away.
J. Boo an attack came on but
appared to lose directed. At 200 0s the
moved obligucd across our pout in float
order of suffered very heavily, oanawal.
Irvie before Bde tooke told us
tat fooward plope of T/ Folly mago be held.
He stutforts to few men of a 1 Bde Bn (wh ws in
support to told that to digent They came on
nextday. Every coy had a battle outposs, abt
100 y as out as only way of gettig information
preventn socitey from beng rushed.
Wed two fairly quiety shll] shapf on
hed eog. we hawed over toRNL1/ (or father
we stayed till Therd morning
On 2 mty we were fering over the tomppid
wheatfield as cover from witw (but not from fire.
Turks came on tn (2 soled. Cs at 3 am just
after man stood tarm of 3 with hind to getove
brunckes (but were k/ on parapet. There were mote
tan B00k in fout of our les of the attached
for 3 yours. Our was ws 104 p0w
At dawn (we saw comly over (our truchn
 

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from our fing tine an pall o it
smoke o then mest of battle steal like kands
We first saw a movement in e gras We
spae fire & they openedfirg
after allack they speked us hedvily
we
them to attack again, but they didnt.
Exp
opined up on silt ridge abt a month ago.
(Tune D0).
 

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Deary (cont) but the moon is now up & as attack
has come off (11.30 pr) & there will be moon all
night. The wind is in I right direction for gas.
A tarkish aeroptan today tried to drop a bombe
upnbeach1 fellon water.
Frid Juuly 30. After several very much
teveliers days with a French 75 whizzing ns fully
alt 20yds or less outside my dujout - I fastest thing
I we heard, - we are quiet again. Only to pave some
new powerfl tanbes + one of them vesited as ape today
& dropped E bonbo wth fell off the Souther a Depot in
the sea. (Bobably after our howetzor there we is annoyn
theme – the gun wo poobly fering when she came over
yesty)
Hed line ws ordered to cheer once at 5, one at
Sol Foncear 5.2 in honour of the Ortisuictor
overto turks, at Coodino knows where- Wastry
WASIRIAH. AA fawde so ws tso abous li from
right to left one roandan as to trenches) at S.&
As a maler of fact the Fs were fing putty hand
just the & you cond bear (Fde) when it came
along - (but a good many shots were loosed of
around I line at wery have had I same effect
We have now at last got some of the
vound freation bombs (lit by rabbiry like a match)
Onr practice wthere ts far better than w famtins
ours are now like those Of Tark.
any inqueries
Have cretty wel fiished
 

Twe or thre days ago a howitzer shell burst
in T. Tolly truchs it threw up a lot of callk &
one or two bulky objects) t might be big clods of
arth
Cne of thei rotled down the ferward
slope o enod began to crawlcep again hmbled
oe
parapet cal (trench Iows a turk.
 

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into the 1st days fighting, we taking to Col. Brow 3 Bn
till midnight. The Bn certainly did great work
it was one of the few 2nd, 3od, 6.4E, 812, 104 wp
kept together. Beit one King I cant understand abt
An Austalian officers, theyse mostly very brave - but
they wont crevig thin brother officers wh bravery. They
often, without actially saying it, hin to so and so
was in his dugont all time or as not in
firing live (when an some cases it is not his
brsnces to be). I heres sometimes abvolutely
no pound whetever for this insinuation.
Parker today-gave in an a/ of the
way an acroptans, write a artilley
V.C. man.
Sat Tuly 31. waysey 5.
Turks-put]
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RFA E9 Batt) guns hott choupt
11th Bn Yas after pooning fred light
mane went ap End & p cittl men lashed y fint
dead 56s found 2 g Muchily we hadd
tunnch into it. Bay scallon ge the two
Donb yet know where to thanil [is Io infrenid
godd. e had lost on boub.
bute fet
f
Aeroplane Darr
article out work glon
Sir Bombs carwinly indppertion.
min wonn out whock
was wrsting haden than ever
ani
Aust.
Prompited officers H.
older officers.
 

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Sar Faly R. 31
Spent all day getting particulars of work
4 Bde on first day.
sicontie ther ws to be an attock by 112n
on the P trunch opp. Thrmania Post wh has bn annoying
them. Charles Smith came co me (we looke in on I.
a found him on his pyjanas at a concert behind
his dressing Sta). From there to 10Bn H.Q. where
found may horargs; He ws going to observe from
station on Silt spuer.
We had a garn in D.C. Ho.day out – a
wonderful way place - & then abt 10 p.m. went on to
the trenches & pd ap on to a step. We had a char view
to Tsouth - ede the Lea, & far mountain and
the dark lamp of onr own positi on rigll in foregrd.
He mson wo just rising. There had bn a violent
oulburch of firing on left - but it we now very quiet.
suddenly a sugh red light showe on the black dumy
in parb of us - our own trincles I suppose.
As 20 seconds laks there was a shower of
red sparks 20 feet int air abt 100
yds 5. ofus, then a lower explosion wo a
flash. Then several smele flashes in
same spot Ripe fire grew rapidly - I d see the
pale rifle flashes running along 1echelon truches
like I light on o diamond neckloc pale
white light, not red in (least.
The olive grove guns began to fire + I
ed see 1 flash - + shells byan to buist
from every derector. Some of him were very
unpleasanlly close - particularly a bomb
 

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from a catapalt or morter At our backs
wh kept on burstiy not (far away from as at
(back. The fire padially subsided - all except.
stillfire We wet back to 10on HQ.& yained
there + watched Burgess 2 quus blaging at us,
over our heads, outo middle of 600 +
Tarks trying to reach them w Soapnel
wh shearet over our heads. Amewage
came along trench taken, situate satisfactory
I went back wd C. Smith) & meant
to turn in. But it struck me if I ws to send
a cable I ouhs to get (and of affair so I went
back to the 11 Ba. H.R. Newman who we then
had leand s little of resall but Breman doctor
came on t he leb we come as been whilst be
wait, all sound, his treches mute his Dressing
Ste fr 1 gully betie Tasm. Post & the otofering ling.
Hers thom shd I find (or rather he found me
but little Charles Advison of Snydney Chows in
the TtP. Ambee, Stretther beaver.
I heard someting of the fight – a few
details ] from Brennan o something from
Col. Maclagan ot back to beach att
I am. or later
Engineers of Ks) army landing.
mackworth has had a letter from his brother
He days to from /no of troops apparently
reinforcing us our show will be over, in
September.
The big tank on 1 kill is almost
ready & is to be flilled tonight or tomonow.
Te German acroplane (which now
 

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comes up pora Vagara serodsome, Just
finished went over & dropped 3 bombs
in shragnel fully & a shower of darts.
some of bombe tell juite close to same
cooks but dis no damage begond parting
Idinner. The men day to what we not
spoelt by I earth thrown into it ws spoilt
by 1 disappearance of cook.

Sunday went up w Nicholson to
captured truch, Our Commn! Crunch was
now through - the last bit of open tunnel
Lavin bndley, The T trunch is just on
edge of a very steep little fully
onodftid
Post
anitiet
te
Piar Kile
There were 20r 3 dead Ts in tunnel
disgod there out of trench; several (includy
one officer) on the bank by 1 side of it; some in
1 bottom O1 trench; & several in the Souther
Yotter kinh, commt trench, by ing beyond
our reach. Bendes these, we know to our
in go gohouly Ito when they tocid to
counter attack agot norther and o post
cowe probably bilter at least 30 if not
 

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gis
So far asknown)
heare. Our lons to present to
224 &68w.
Pullock we killed by a shell afar
trench had
bo taken. He is a promotel officer. These
pomoled officers have bad luck. 4 in the 5 Bn
were killed at Helles. I think
they feel
been to justify tem promotion& por las
they certainly have done so.
In 1 trind wo found a Trifle w
muggle shot thoo The bot had be removed
These Ts are very jallant. They dont seem
to lose thei heads even in an energincy. We
captand very faw righs - 1 taiks pot
most of thim in spile of their scare w Imaic.
Only 3 out of 6 o our mines went
up. The srd ws late It must have by
on at want of near the S. branch s
Turkish P truch. There were two men

baried under 1 tumbled carth there.
&oe Austialian the Austte ons I have be in
trench side by side t lTo, probably fighting
him, when to wine went off and vuried
them both. Lrane wdnd weit +
Ive
so doubt head right
One Austsalian had run past
hand end oI trk trench of sot
right
to Edge of T. comma brind,8
he lay w S bells of m. g. amun
there
in his haversec where I cross is in
sketch. The other two were by
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the 77 dapers in 1Sketeh.
 

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The re had bn deging hard & had greatly
improved 1 truch - put 1iig Tarkish sandbags &
I baked sand bricks on 1hst side of brunch
recessed it w fire steps behind wopholes.
Hws still dayerous & open at Ivend
tendedin
where two isolated sandbag breast works out
in Copen on a bit of a washaway in (cornfild
The men were deepening it - aget antiller
fire - it ws fairly well sigzagged - +1
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dead tarks in it were already very smelly.
The reguiented staff work ws bad (Newman
(adit. is ill) - the men had not wated
for their deging. There were ded Aushalians
in bottom &1 trench - being walked over
didnt like this o
did anyone else). The men who took
place ought to have be relieved much
cartien - they were really shaken by
morning when a coanter a ttack w bombs
and shells as delivered & a fair number of
nea lost. Hot coffee cd have bn passed
to them I night before - but these thing
were aot done. Tey were eventually
relieved, when as wo high time, by
twelft.
authoritie
Satial
apply relce a tt is impos. a dus the ns
me only tay hy
one
say is for as to wing here
Branke