Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/154/1 - May 1917 - Part 7

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Hardwick Garton Seidel
RW Whitehead
Bland Foster Sullivan Russell
Hunt Williams Barton Duncan 
2/Lt Whitehead
Jones Miller Jenning
2/Lt RW Whitehead
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Capt Jones C. de. G. ws hit in wire.
Lt Hardwick M.C. hit ^ in arm when started
went on hit again in wire.
Capt Russell A. ws hit in wire.
Lt Miller ^DCM ws hit betw O.G. 1 & 2
Lt Sullivan ws hit in the wire.
Lt Whitehead ^W.M. wd - where not known
2/Lt RW Whitehead was k. where not 
known in front of O.G.2.
Lt Foster k. before they got to
wire (first man into
Grevillers line
Lt Barton     ) wd early
Lt Williams  )
Lt Seidel       )
Lt Jennings k in 2 objve.
Lt Hunt wd twice OG2 & 2 objve
Bland Garton Duncan got
back.

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Col Forbes took up 6 offrs.
during afternoon.
2/Lt Atkinson ws k. by shell
on way out.
2/Lt Hauser k. in carrying
pty on May 5.
2/Lt Bennie wd. on night
4/5 digging. Strong Post

forward of O.G.2. Capt
Brown took up 4 offcr &
120 men to do this.
These first made a block
/ pty of 40 made a block
on S. side of Sunken Rd
abt 22D5.4 to help
keep what th 1st Bde
had done during day.
(They got involved in
bomb fight)

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Ano. party 40 under
Bennie made a strong
post on N side of the
Sunken Rd near where
trench first crossed it.
(Bennie wd)
3rd pty cut out Sap &
The rd abt 60 yds
East of this trench crossing
to cover Sunken Rd
from there w bombs.
(prac. on bank of
Sunken Rd). All this
ws under a heavy
sniping & many flares.

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12 Bn have had 16 casualties
in officers.
So far casualties seem to have
been: 750 men & 35 offrs 
(since May 1)

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Thigh. Heurtley (12 Bn)
who got a pardon from
the King after deserting
from the Aust. Navy,
where they were told tt
they were to be kept
for home defence.
put up a splendid
bomb fight on night 5
ws wounded - 
Maj Lt. Col. Rafferty has bn wd.
Tostevin k.
The balance of 12 Bn
has bn organised as a 
company under its
ci t C.O. Maj. James - & is
going into trenches tonight
(May 7).

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12 ws withdrawn.
10 Bn took right.
11 Bn left (on 29 Road).
1st Bde area on the left -
place being taken to night
by 1 Bde.
9 Bn carried out
attack in O.G.1 last
night - 3 coys in OG.
/ Coy ws w the 2nd Bn
in O.G.2 & they got
their objectives in
each case.
Donald McLeod, 12 Bn, who
came back / other day
after losing an arm in
Lone Pine - & was hit in

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we restablished our line
The 4 Bn came across
over the top & extended
this line across the road.
in 29.
Diagram - see original document
We have 
now 
consolidated
on the sout
Commn trench in 29B
& have pushed saps
forwd to the rd &
estab. strong posts
on the corner
Diagram - see original document

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with a Flammenwerfer -
Party of Stoss truppe,
Flammenwerfer behind
them & inf. behind them.
They gained a footing in
O.G.1, & in O.G.2
near the 29 Road.
(coming down Rd & then
to right)
Diagram - see original document
The 10 Bn reinforced
over the top from
the Sunken Rd in
C5a&b
Diagram - see original document
The Germans
were driven ou.t

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at c. attack.
During early part of
night German got men
in Sunken rd in 23 D.
& down commn trench.
Abt 5 a.m. (after bombing
had gone on all night)
he c. attacked with
a Coy in Sunken Rd
to left of Star
Diagram - see original document
& a Coy from Sunken
Rd on rt of star
The Germans attack
w a bn, 3 coys in
attack & 1 in Reserve in
Riencourt - & up trench

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3 Bde
Took over from 2 & 4 Bns
(attached to 5 Bde).
Night of 4^th - after 2 & 4
had carried out bombing
stint - 3rd Bde took
over and 11 & 12 went
into line, 11 on left, 12
on right in O.G.1 & 2.
They were bombing all night
across & back across Sunken
Rd 29B 8.5 & captd
a German m.g. killing
some German. There 
were definite bomb
attacks - & some attempt