Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/12/1 - August 1915 - Part 2

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III LH Bde. Gen Hughes [shorthand]
8 [shorthand] 9.SA 10.WA.
10. 11pm. 6 Aug. [shorthand] by Howitzers
7 Aug 4-4.30 [shorthand]
Sent out in 4 [shorthand] 150 each [shorthand];  Nek
[shorthand] 100 [shorthand] N.S.
1st rush w bomb & bayonet.
2nd line - to 2nd trench subsidiary
trenches right & left
Turks never [shorthand] m.g.s.
Chief attack on U trench
R.W. Fusiliers ½ Bn were to be in Bully Beef
sap, but [shorthand] flag in
corner of trenches 

Diagram - see original

Attack 4.30 when [shorthand]

[shorthand] onto Chessboard.
At 4.25 [shorthand] a murderous [shorthand]

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Antill
10.15 trench after 4.30 [shorthand]
V trenches [shorthand] for RWF in
Monash Gully to go ahead. [shorthand]
[shorthand] men who put up flag.
Others [shorthand] trench.
We bried to put our mgs [shorthand] Chess
board over of [shorthand] 8^th [shorthand]
[shorthand] 1^st [shorthand] 10^th 3rd & 4^th [shorthand]
9^th [shorthand] man trenches.
By time 3rd (150 men in line)
went [shorthand]. 4th [shorthand] line
of [shorthand] & carriers etc commn trench diggers water [shorthand]
There ws a bn of Cheshires kept
in [shorthand]. Fourth line carried o [shorthand]
[shorthand] as other 3 together, also
scaling [shorthand] wire cutters &
gun cotton.
As soon as they saw flag up they

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sent 3rd line [shorthand]
RWF[shorthand] went up. They
lost 3 [shorthand] 60 men. They stated w 5
[shorthand] 2 empty sandbags.
The flag soon went down in / trench
& what few men were left were [shorthand]
These sent down [shorthand Bully Beef
trench. Few got to [shorthand] parapets.
Evening of 7^th two men (M'Garry of 8^th)
returned. He got [shorthand] & told me
no one had got inside. 2nd & 3rd line
[shorthand] full of bayonets.
Snipers Nest had not bn taken
& men who were on left of attack were
got from there.
Col White [shorthand] on leading. They are [shorthand]
a new sap to get his trench.
Bde had 9 offrs k. 13 w. 11 m.
O r 50 k. 170 w. 182 m (402)

Diagram - see original
Lone Pine.
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8 LH only had 180 men left.
We had 4 mgs trained on Chumnk
Bair from low part of Walkers Ridge
wh got well into trench (From Turks Post)

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On [shorthand] Aug 9^th- the 13 Bn [shorthand]
Brigadier Smythe [shorthand] 1^st Bde H.Q.
near [shorthand] of Sasses sap when
just after stand to (4 o.c.) [shorthand] 5 o'c. - 
turks came along Sasses Sap. [shorthand]
[shorthand] 5yds.
Our barricadi ws abt 4 ft 6 -
Howell [shorthand] from trench just south a line
of 20 [shorthand].  He [shorthand] & put [shorthand]
parallel trench [shorthand] Sasses
sap & saw them[shorthand]
15 [shorthand]
astounded [shorthand]

[shorthand]

[shorthand] Ptes Ward Perkin Jenkins
& 2 [shorthand] Lined top of sap [shorthand]
[shorthand]
[shorthand]
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Col Brown ws fatally wounded
2nd day in trench betw two
dead ends to NE of ours [shorthand] (abt
7 am) & had to go [shorthand]
He [shorthand]
[shorthand]; but [shorthand] tt same [shorthand]
Brought out of trench [shorthand] so chocked

w deat [shorthand] it easily

enfiladed. That trench ws lost on

night of Sund. May 8 (?) but

does not seem [shorthand] Turks

Somebody saw Beekin wounded
in getting one. White & Garnhan
are also [shorthand]

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Austin [shorthand]. Dran of Sydney
[shorthand] of B5 Tunnel ws hit in
stomach but saved by his cholera [shorthand] buckle.

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3 RD Bn.
B. Co. 2 platoons [shorthand]
            2  _________  old ____

C Co.   2 _________  new
            2 __________ old
King gave [shorthand] at 1 end of B5
McConaghy at other ent of B5 repeated it.
D & A [shorthand] later in similar formatns.
Linked up w Major Moreshead

of 2 Bn on right.
Also estab. [shorthand]with
4 Bn thro commn trench in rear.
Morning of Aug 7 saw [shorthand] of [shorthand] 2 or

Commn trench link up w 4^th
Enemy noticed move & began to
bomb. We got ^one trench within
10 yds of 4 Bn. Lts Howell Price &
F D M'Cleod. Capt Scott of
4^th supported. M'Cleod ws k.
at head of his men in Sasses Sap.
5 am 9^th we had c.attack
2 mgs [shorthand]

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Lt D. T. Moore supervised making of
line tho' wounded. (Bayoneted by
one of [shorthand] after [shorthand] thro rump)
H. Price found Bn. retiring thro'
false order to retire - stopped
the order in Coy w M'C.
-rallier
Austrn frightfully wounded - rallied

men.
3 Bn captured 2 mgs one [shorthand] &
had one in [shorthand] apt [shorthand] in
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This trench since lost. M'Leod & Woods were in it.

Diagram - see original
Pte. Hamilton mounted parapet, shot down
bomb throwers
Gn
On 3rd [shorthand] when 60 [shorthand] in trenches & stand to
given /  commdr had to pull men up & cdnt

get men to stand wake. They were
asleep at posts [shorthand] too.
Col Brown ws hit ^on head by shell leaving trench.
Went on head by shell & ws hit in 2 [shorthand]
Went over abt 2 am. K. Sat. morning
abt 7.  Came along w a Turk. Hit in 0. Sap
thro' tt breast. Price came up. "I'm done can you [shorthand] 
M'C. abt 7 p.m. us on telephone
near S. Sap. 4 Bn signallers.
3 Bn signallers had [shorthand] 
M'Naughton
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Sergt Adams & Lt Wren. 3 of [shorthand] 
sniping [shorthand] 

[shorthand] 75 [shorthand] 
Ward ws there. [shorthand] one Turk
He dropped [shorthand].They cd see
Turks over in [shorthand] trench bombing 4^th
head. Sb
[shorthand] put heads
sandbag

as step.
There [shorthand] v I top (5 [shorthand])
Men were sniping [shorthand] 
at [shorthand]  in road. [shorthand] 
[shorthand] 200 - shooting at 800.
Two [shorthand] 

They [shorthand] .

[shorthand] sniping. Price [shorthand] 

[shorthand]. To l w they wd stand w head
& shoulders over parapet rifle resting
on it . (This boy ws at it). By time we left
they had finished that).
Commn trench sniper - we had man w
[shorthand] / trigger - they had another all / & night.

Our big Lotbiniere bombs got the Ts
under bec. knock T parapets abt.
We command [shorthand] to G. Tepe
(200 men claimed hit by snipers)

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4 Bn. MacNaughton wenat over w /
second line abt ½ hr after first.
The first men found many Ts in
tunnels. We had to step into trenches
foot foremost thro' manholes. Turks
must have bn frightened or cd have
killed all these men. We bottled some.
MacN. got telephone thro' w
3 Bn signallers to Col. Brown in
new firing line.
During c. attack a party of
Australians got cut off down
an advanced sap by a M.H.
on J. Jolly which fired straight ap
the sap (commn trench). There ws also
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Diagram - see original
sniper shooting up diagonal
trench. Some of our men
were cut off at B - completely.
A sniper shooting up

a diagonal trench. Capt
Diagram - see original
Scott & another
managed to get
into a dead
angle at A to throw bombs
over & keep back Turks
Turks have
some sort of a
sap in here.
XY - our Engrs
have twice struck
the head cover
in making
sap across.

Whilst building up a sort of wall
across / trench. They tossed / mens
rifles to men building / wall & got
supply of bombs back - didnt want
too big supply of bombs because T.s might
rush them. When wall ws built
they rushed / men over it & got over
themselves - m.g. must have bn
looking / other way.

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One morning Scott ws in sap
when looked round & thought he
saw something like a head observing
them - 15 ft away. Looked again
but cdnt be sure. Sd to man
beside him "Throw something up
at him & see." Pitched up a bric
bit of earth - thing didnt move,
Sd "heave something big." Picked up
a lump of rarth about 6 in square
& heaved it - It got a Turk fair
the face. He ws up behind parapet,
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prob. waiting till their backs were turned.
Men who were near Scott say he ws
thro 14 hrs of sheer hell - never got
a scratch.

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19 May
Note for 19 May, Lt Mulligan, 4 Bn, ws
standing watchin Turks jumping over
parapet. Used to count. "One over, 1 dead,
"2 over, 2 dead; 3 over 3 dead; 4 over
"4 dead; 5 over –  5 wd get away - get
"that man somebody." This was at back
G.O.T.
One man near ws shooting for all he
ws worth - a T. each time. "I've been
"in kangaroo drives," he panted, "but
"this beats everything." He'd get one T.
each time.

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200. A x B squadrons. Signal ws explosion
of a mine wh cdnt be heard. [shorthand] had b
come up to line to tell [shorthand] off. Col. Stoddart
arrived [shorthand]. Bourne gave
the order to go - conveyed by messenger
Diagram - see original
Bomb Proof ws out of [shorthand] (taken down in Dark.)
One m.g. in front – one in [shorthand] trench from G.O.T.
2 on Deadman's Ridge, only got 5 or 6 yds
Most of casualties on parapet
Right m.g. ws on to G. Officers gun
No artillery bombardment here. 53 casualties.
Cd see Tt. bayonets, their trenches were filled
2 or 3 deep. No c.attack.
Only 1st line [shorthand] of 50 men got out.
They were out on the tick at 4.30.

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Bomb proof ^wire at B ws taken, 110 yds of trench to be attacked
2 mgs firing, 3 others there. One man got out & got
back unhurt. Bury on left ttank only got
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2 LHR. Quinns Aug 7.
I .LH Bde.
6^th This night from 8.30 pm [shorthand]  
made to draw fire by ruses, [shorthand] 
Fusilade [shorthand] each [shorthand] 
[shorthand] massed.
7^th 4.30 am 1 group of trenches in part
of Quinns & trench [shorthand] Popes imd
E. of Deadmans [shorthand] 
Two Squadions of 2 L.H. under Maj. Bourne
organised [shorthand] 4 lines.
Diff. to get out of post owing to barbed
wire wh is too far out to be [shorthand] 
covered or drawn in & wire
nettirg [shorthand] shields.
A mine [shorthand] in front of left centre
& 1^st line under Maj. Logan rushed [shorthand] trench.
Immed. m.g. [shorthand] from both [shorthand] 
& rifle fire from front. First line ws
mowed down & no one reached [shorthand] trenches.
Maj. Logan. Lt Hinton, Lt Burge 15 o.r. k.
Lt Norris, 33 o.r. wd. Lt Col. Stoddart stopped