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

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
Subject:
  • Documents and letters
Status:
Open to contributions
Accession number:
RCDIG1066760
Difficulty:

Page 1 / 11

110 yds. Marson (Ple) behind him had one bey & cut of ? w m. g. fire . Two vo got out togeticn. E Bourne then gave order to stand, Had they gone out less them 100 wd b on soldi post. Didnt I take a minute. Artillery didn't get at them at all + G.O.T was not taken. To exposed himselves a lot I.LHR.) At first casuating were & 2 teavy as men a crowded in truch. When Enemys bomb thinI them out they were able to dodge. Abt 107 left in the end. in, and send over boub & rollone down ed Cannels 5 335 33384233 S15L HR scubout first & bomb thowers (Each w a & man a bayonet beside him to bomb out To. Afterwoos 3lines of bayoulls. This ws a mistake. 1t tine 6 of bayonets ought t have ad one borb each - pereassin for choice. (But of course to have better bombs than we ombknowers four aus ort of 13 Bn & As it 14TR. Topes Bay 19 and time & other lines. Enemy bombed & fired but didnt C. attack. HHtR. Popes Post. 2S9. of 1At H. undr Maj. T.W. Glasgow D.S.O. moved out from both flanks of Popes Postal 4.30 instantly. As soon as loops jot into view heavy fire opened but they reached 3rd Even G& took poyds of it. in counter attack by boub, sifle & gun forced mat glass. setire after 2 hs. B. were bombed out is stick boubs- & few there when we reached - Harris got tupe 3 truc & fot our bombs & 1. bounts also tell thiy sw him waving his he over trench. went on & joined him Reternd t good order, many wd brought back (we can see T. s helping wod. out of th King May. L.Y Ree & Lieut B.P. Wettleton missing - prob. k 250 k. 31 miss Cox & Holman, 1to Reid, white Capts
All 1 massing were dead. The wounded were brought back out of 32d bene. A few were overboked in second truck but a sergt who returned from their after 48 his sdt woundss man be ths only knew of was dead & the Tarks had not visited trench. (They genly only occupy if by day - then have fille it in since). L. Tenson. Crawled in his after fight to by badt shot away by bomb. He died later. To did Cox who had be & arm broken 1LHR. Popes. AMy) Ext Macmellan, Tinson, Stewart, weer, & Harris W 87 or. wd. Harris tho' severely wel wo bomb cont to trow bombs for 2his & (w his hoop) covered retirenent of remander. 10.35 pm. Every opend heavy fore (2.5m but did not to to leave yr th 9.45 by ruses a hot fine ws draw. from quins. Arth fire arrayed for but didnt reach I trenches At night fire ws drawn ser times, 9t 4.15 am. Quinns & Popes made heaw fire demonste. Evemy stood up to fere We turned on mg.sfcas did some damage. cilar tacties other nights each time drawing heavy fire, 11.S0 mgs obsere enemy masing is 10 frout of L. Pine truche – and did son damage
8LH. Kille Maj. Redford. Lieut. G. Grant E.G. Wilson L.W.H. Anderson (Duntes 24. C. G. Maosh. LFCol. AH. White. C. Talbot woods T Howard C. Carther EC. Dale (Duntroon K. Borthwick EE. Henty wounded. Maj. Aw mclaur Capt FL Hool at t Robinson A crawford 61t NE. Divl. Order 1. IIILHB. 4 lines: 8R Wid1er him 150 10 (wa) 3 4 Offrs Or. Kw. m. w.m. Ir. Siph. 841 3.5. 8. 10. 58. 126 4. 6. 924. 1.2. 1014. 4.2. 3. 23. 49 51 SRwF 1. 3 11. 46. 4 2 9.1 8th Cheshin 2.2 JIC.RE. Allmissing killed 355 435
GLH 10L14 Capt &m lapt Lt But K. D. Col Mcell wd. topt F G. Code wd. 4 aw W Laughry. AP Rowan V.F. Piesse R.T. Macmasters T. T. Heller e D.A. Fackson t A P. Turnbull Tryile Blue RhodesSc L.T.C. Roscom IIL CH Compared Wotches 106N 2 slaff C Gat 2 places. Pegs put in parapet & footholds so as to 70t Hlash. 2nd time gave them a leg over. Fout truch has no parapet. All cntanglement removed before midnight, men had ig in cach line 4 do t stabs of gan cotton to break down overhead cover. 1st live took 2 ladder ( halfe In farvie got back s & He got to foot of parapet of tY on it. Shot) A6s11 I wd. w him He ws in truch a Tirks - I at parapet 3C Each R had 4C
IILLH good h "10y 201 3 tui MncSerrie 7 15B3✓ To Ms S 2nd 4& 3n teir f 9.) waist t & shot from there. Some. tin pasito got at from suipers Ridge. First line 01 bombs - tru Fa He 83 Some 5006 got back from cliff on lett hand side where 6 lay wdl, all day. C.L Cto YeSn. wanted to We had 2 shallow nimes made)o
IIICH 2 &f if we succeeded. Signallers & To tt lines. They moved out W24c 2nd B Each man & NI2 sand bays Presonrsoverhead. M. ss w o & synallers. Tarks shelled us here all night. men is 1 we shertsleeves, bagonet antigas engires ready. No firing man had 200s i him, 65 154 fell 7 4 line had 2slovels to Spick & French wirl cntanglement. IBr of Cheshire Rept ws to make trunches good in port. 27
LLH Part of 1st line Pt from sap firng line & ad from main firing time Gardmnes of W.Z. arty. Laste hr. 13 2 casnalless in Footine. after slay up. (st lie wo to take 15t line of Trenches. but so beyond. 20 as soon as in position - to go beyond. 4th fatigue -ualissheld up 25 and line is c on heels of others. 3id tive n 3 2 All had to be got M. Kingie, Col. White, Hughes had if in 4 save (3-66 10. At the time gave C. word 90. End live 2006 2 3rd his 2 men at end of No8 Sap were waiting for flag. They sent Fagis 1000 atter4 153 pr Ror5 aminate into the Nek Bomb. G4.30 on tick: Last shell &c after t man over parapet
N Lone Pine. Heyb (cont) Those who watched from left say to they saw the 4 men on 1 extreme left of the front line as it went across dancing the last part of way. Maj. Cass tells me he saw it. He also says to when he got over there be saw a rife ao bayonet fixed byiy on 1 parapet. The bayonet ws broken off stort. The rif as drenched to butt w blood. The magazine ws fall but I p cut offes closed &1 safety calel down - so it owner evident intended to dot work wI bayonet a boyonet only It ws a 4 Ba rife Sr marked 4 Bn on 1 butt. And others
Lone P. was a name decepherable on 125 Mills sting belonged to He oten wondere if it eone of those men who had I dawad acras It as there it ws found & it must have belonged to a man early in Signathr McIbroy of the 2nd Bn has, I believe, bu recommended for the V.C. He carried 1 line across several times during 1 day of fight & ws recommended for the D.C.M. for that. But this ws attewds - when the 2nt Bn 15 in L.P. a 4.2 sell -high explosive - came in & burst abmost outside Bn A.G. It knocked one officer flat - be says there were 3 Explosions- half stanned 2 ofthe synallers an then day out - kined smen & swept w Hame I surface
Lone P. of sand bay parapet setting it abyut. There were also some bagson the sent ofte firestep wh started t blaze. One of Synatters, M Thoy realied t these baps were bays containing dinamite bomb. He rushed for a shovel & heaped sand onto the banquelli until I flame us out. There were 270 bombe on 1 pap of wh 120 had bu swashed by Explosion.

Start transcribing

Log in Sign up

Last edited by:
Transcriber 28006Transcriber 28006
Last edited on:

Last updated: