Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/16/1 - August - September 1915 - Part 3

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up Mortar Ridge.
48^th R. had suffered at Leanes
47 by bombt.
12. 13. were at K. Dere.
After L.P. 13 ws bit over, possibly some of 12.
One bn 13 ws put into Jolly as 125
only had 2 bns less its losses; its
3^rd Bn (a redif bn) being in reserve
w 48^th Bn.
The 47^th ws badly cut up &
replaced the bn of 13 wh had bn in
Jolly & whole of 13 ws moved into
Pine. Some of 48 ws moved up
to strengthen Jolly: & 77 ws
shifted closer up to our rt flank.

        

There have bn rumours from
G.H.Q. th 16 Divn has left here but
th is prob. abt as true as their

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statement abt that 125 Regt had
left wh is absolutely untrue.
G.H.Q. says they are near
Rodosto - wh is quite impossible.
——
Chief.Md.Offr. 5 Army Corps. Please state
No of infectious disease wh
have occurred in you unit,
Answer. No cases.
——
The Turk of 18 Bn ws a schoolmaster
on an island near Smyrna & like
all schoolmasters ws sent for 6. m.
to military academy on mobilisatn
to be turned into officer. If they
show well / training continues for
12 months. All Schoolmasters are
normally officers; but as a general
thing they are exempt from service
but if they take them they make
them into officers

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	Aug
Area	6/7	8	9	10	15	22
Suvla & Ejelmer	Gend. 3rd Div (1 regt)	Gend. 3rd Div (1 Rgt) 7 Div (1 Regt) from reserve	Gend. 3 Div 1 Rgt 7 Div 2 Regt from res	Gend. 3 D (1 rgt) 7 D. (Completed)	Gend. 3 Div. (1 rgt.) 7 Div. 11 Div. (2 Regs.) 12 Divn. from Reserve.	Gend. 3 Div (1 Regt 7 Div. 11 Div. (2 Regs 12 Div. 4 Div from Anzac (Boghali
Anzac.	Divs. 5. 19. 16 Regs 18, 64	Divs. 5. 9. 16. Regs 18. 54. Div 4 from res.	Div. 4, 5, 19, 16 Regt 18, 64. Div 9 from res	Div. 4, 5, 9, 19, 16 Reg 18. 64	Divs. 4, 5, 9, 19, 16 Regts 18. 33. 64 Div 8 from Asia Rgt 41 from Helles	Divs. 5. 8. 9. 19  - 16 Regts 18, 33, 41, 64
Helles.	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14. 11 (less one Regt)	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14 11 (less one Regt)	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14. 11 (less 1 rgt)	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14. 11 (less 1 rgt)	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14 (less one Regt)	Divs. 1. 10. 13. 14 less 1 regt.
Reserve.	Divs. 4. 7. 9. 12 25, 6 (less 1 regt) 11 (less 1 regt)	Divs 4 & 9 moving to Anzac, 7 to Suvla. Leaving 12, 25, 6 (less 1) 11 (1 regt)	Divs 12.25 6 (less 1 regt) 11 (1 regt) 8 from Asia	Divs 12, 25, 6 (less 1 regt) 11 (1 regt) 8 from Asia	Ds. 25, 6 (less 1 regt) 8 to Anzac 11 (1 regt) & 12 to Suvla	Divs 25, 6 (less 1 Regt)
Asia.	Divs 2. 8.	Divs 2. 8.	Div 2.  8 Crossing	Div 2	Divs 2. 3 (less 1 regt)	Divs 2. 3 (less 1 regt)

1 Regt of Div 11 & 1 regt of Divn 12 arrd in
Suvla area night of Aug 10.
There are also troops move to Bulair not incl here
 

		Est _ Nos.
Area:	6/7.	8.	9.	10.	15.	22.
Suvla Ejelmer	3000	5000	7000	9000	20,000	26000
Anzac.	25,000	31,000	38000	38,000	47,000	41,000
Helles.	33,000	33,000	33,000	33,000	26,000	26,000
Reserve.	39,000	20,000 & 11,000 moving to Suvla & Anzac.	20,000 (& 2000 moving to Suvla)	25,000 (w 8th Divn)	12,000	12,000
Asia	12,000	12000	7000 5000 cross)	7000	12,000	12,000

No allce for losses - prob 28,000. An additional 4,000 were
found at Suvla on Aug 11. Doesn't include Bulair.
[*Aug 30 30
En. guns seen: Sq. 105 22° 3'
Also below U in Purar 93 U.*]

No allowance for losses.

Capt Cooper got right up to
small tree & got back safe but
hit next day.

Diagram- see original 

 

Capt Connelly ws k. on parapet
He ws just at left of Commn
Trench.

Those on left had scrub in
front of them & got fairly well
thro it. The rest got finished in
the ploughed field open field.

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Aug. 27. 4 Bde.
100 13th Bn )
100 14 Bn     )
50 15 Bn       ) under Lt Col Adams
100 17 Bn     )

Adams ws C.O. 14 Bn, wounded at
Quinns; had come back.
Adams put 100 in each line
50 in hand as digging party. (They were
all under Brig Gen Russell).
2 shells fell near big tree ( one
was in trench - small shell -
howitzer Bombt.

Men formed up along bank
of Kaiajik apparently in existing trenches & partly
prolonging them.

Of 350 - 206 casualties.
all 9 officers all k or w. Adams
50 reserves were not sent out

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Diagram - see original scan
*Aug. 21-22. 212

 

	k		w		m
13	(6) (9) 15		(10) (52) 62		(20) (10) 30		107.
14.	14		58		29		91
15	1.		11.				12
16	1.		1.				2
							212

Offrs.

14.	k. Lt KW Crabbe. Capt Gilleson.	w. Lts F.M. Dodson, V.J.C. Cootie Capt Gilleson.
13.		Lts. F.V. Thompson, DE Wilson, W.F. Scobie

Sept 10.
Monashs Bde now abt
850.

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Abt 70 men of diff. units were found
next day amongst NZ in the part
of trench

26 men missing - not prisoners.
[Monash's figures - they are very incorrect]
It was ^Gen Cox's idea to make it
a day operation. Russell &
Monash wanted night operatns.
Cox's idea ws bombardment &
then walk in - may be all right
for Indian troops

Aug 27-28 True figures

 

	k.	w	m
13.	x 4	44	14	62
14	6 6	39	13	58
15	1 1	21		22
16	2 3.	2.		5
17	(unkn.)
Officers				7
				154.

 

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16 Bn

Ap. 25 & May 2
——
On Ap.25. There was x 1 Co. of
13. 1 Co 16, & 2 of 15 under
Maj. Carter of 15^th. They came
on [[?Seeary Bec]] & were sent to
reinforce 10 Bn where on
MacLaurin's Hill. Got there 9 pm.
The Turks were blowing bugles
O.C. in front kept on shouting out
during night or early morning
Stop th machine gun. Indians
advancing on right. M.g. on right cd see
they werent Indians. They came
quite close & stopped. (Men went
on firing when saw).

Abt 4 o'c. on Monday
we were forced back. We had
to dig head cover as 10 Bn
ws in trenches & cdnt let us
in. ^16^th Then sent to Popes (Tuesday).
Pulled out of Popes on Friday for
rest - in on May 2. They got into one

 

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Offrs k. 27. Aug.

	k	w.
13.		Lt N Brierly, M. Clarke J.J. Anoni
14.	Capt C. E. Conelly (just  returned from sick leave)	Capt R.W. Graham (Capt G. Cooper next day)
15.	Capt W. W. Coombes (resumed duty)

[*Trench on May 2. There
were lots of wounded
coming down & dead
Turks in it. Got out
once during night to
get into 2nd trench
But T.s had lit fire
in scrub - enfiladed
us & (for first time)
used bombs. They seemed
to be about 80 yards away
We were constantly being
told to "deploy to the
left." heavy fire got
us on the left &
possibly our own
people on Popes.*]

11 Sept [[?Divisnl]]
13 — [[shorthand]]
2 days
7

---
9
26. 1st Oct
——
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Mond 12. Saturday 11 Sept. Got some money from
Maj. Griffiths & decided to clear out
on my holiday trip right away -
Went to the 11 Bn to see if I cd get an
a/c of the 2nd taking of Leane's trench
(Aug 5 or 4). Col. Johnson promised
me his note when I got back.
Saw Anderson, Bde Maj. - no,
Staff Capt. 1^st Inf Bde, on my
way there & he told me the 4^th
during their charge got right round
to Mule Gully - (on Ap. 26) I
think it must have bn in /
retirement. Then Bazely &
I cleared out at once to Imbros
(via Suvla Bay) by the 2.30 trawler -
ferry - after giving the Cook &
one o / clerks what eggs
fruit etc we had in the larder.

The Suvla Ferry gave us our
- or rather my - first trip into

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Suvla Bay. We're not quite so
far along the Razor Back as I
thought we were - were not to
the Neck, we had to come back
a bit

Diagram-see original scan

and were only abt ½ mile
inland N of Salt lake &
didn't get the big hill behind
Anafarta at all - (There ws
an armistice there at Suvla I believe
for a few hours, to bury dead)
The Turks set fire to / scrub
& it prob. burnt a lot of
wounded. This prob upset
our advance for some time.

We did get into Anafarta

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definitely - a small
party. Ashm. Bartlett says
the Turks have always used
their artillery far better
than ours. On Aug 21
they hardly turned it on at
all, except for a few mo except behind Choc. Hill,
until our infantry were on
the hill they wanted to take
- & then it was - bang bang
bang —— bang bang bang
——  bang bang bang, right
onto them as hard as they cd
fire.

They were taking ^a bn of the Lanc.
Fusiliers across to Imbros
to put with their own
sister battalion in the 29^th Divn.

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So the 29^th is not being sent
home after all. B

Reached camp & had a
jolly good dinner. Nevinson
insisted on my drinking
some champagne & so did
Bartlett, who is rather seedy
himself. Ross & I are thinking
of going to Athens to get our
winter clothes etc. but
Maxwell has a trip to
Mitylene for the whole lot
of as on the boards first.

Sund 12. Sept. Wrote my old
notes into diary of Ap. 30. -

All last night there was
continual heavy rain from N. &
continuous rumble rumble