Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/5/1 - April - May 1915 - Part 5

Ruse. Message signed Lorenzo
Ruse: message signed Lorenzo (one of our officers (came thro to Brigade
signal office from written message in trench) "Yr battalion will be relieved
by the 16^th so you are to leave your trenches – o'clock." This ws wired
sent to Divl H.Q. who knew nothing abt it.
Another message to Cpt Hogan (?8^th Bn) machine guns to
take guns to another quarter signed by Capt Scott (or some such name)
of the artillery. Name ws not recognised - but guns were moved:
found they weren't wanted

Sergt? Cook- a Sydney policeman - one o / military police o /
3 1^st Bde-heard tt a friend of his ws lying out in front of / lines
on / first night - wounded - & cd not be brought in. He simply sd:
I'll go - and he went - & ws shot thro' & thro' w a m.g. Well -
"he laid down his life for his friend" - just that. No more.
 

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The second anxiety ws / artillery. Some guns had bn actually brought
in to / shore during / afternoon (some told me they had bn landed) &
were sent off again to / ships. I cannot yet say what exactly were /
facts. But I know tt coming down from / hills where / one cry was for
guns, & finding tt instead of being landed / guns had bn sent away
again, one cd not help being bitterly disappointed, I dont know
what / men wd have sd. But of course / most urgent need ws
for / infantry. We knew we had lost pretty heavily - abt 750
Howse told me, I think  as far as he cd xxxx ws all he had any
evidence of - but there were clearly more. Old Marshall who ws not
a man easily shaken himself told me / men were shaken - he ws
clearly doubtful if they cd hold on. I doubted if they were really as
shaken as he thought. One ws exceedingly pleased, however to hear from / artillery
people tt / guns were to be landed after all, Litl Parker HD.C.1 Col. Hobbs was
wastig for I first six of him in barges from 1 boats.
sdthe while the men of the th Australian Bole were landing
sone were astove abt 60'C. in1afternoon
-+ niver wo on more
patls slad to see any body of toops. One o1 great conforts of our posite as
to whether we held I guas ashore or not atangrate we sho be
one brigade (4000 men) stronger by morniy than on I night before.
thrsies one cdnot help reflecting how easy it wd be
for any Friental to dress up as an indide & come along beach-
not one dour mew ad hass distinguished him - & tere were onday
there of at least two Corps - the transport Corps the nitubatteries. Indee
that night a maw might easily have got in amongst as I walked
beach amoygt I stagers with an Austalian unform on. One trut
ws brought in - a Red cresent man w a number of small tubes in
his pack - I dont know if he as unnoceet or no. There were very few
prisoners. Our men had mosth heard 1 story of tarkin of atais
rate of the seigh of marines (who wa sd to have on found to hads
be matilated by 1 Turks when his comsades returned to him after
diomantling I Dudawelles Forts.
I went to steep at abt 11 or 12 for a couple of
hows or less- I dont know if I wene dropped off. The firig on I redy
above we trmnendous & incessant & it sounded as thoughto were
on I ridg above our heads - in fact many down on I beach
thought It was - but it was not. There were every now I
then a few specialy sharp cracks & bullets whistled soft thro
Pair. ast some of oters tought that this
indicated ampers on I hill above us - I did not think so
at first. Atternoos those sot whistly bullets slewed to s
so frequently near the He quarters duoutt I
was inclined to think they was & be silenced bullets, (I don
sure now they were really overs. But as I firing we back
 

Signals.
In 1t 4 days 2nd Brg H.O. Signallers recd. 814 Signals Gon viie
sent 720.
Irwrith
(besides Verbal messaps wh goin
coming all time)
City of Benarle
(Te boats of one of transports were sent in to Dembark some
portion of force. Asevior navat officer cane up to te casually clearig
hospital & told them to 1 orders were for them to embark.
Aswessage as sent of earlies to fen. Bridwood by Bridges & fodley t it
we their opinion to it ws important for him to come of and see them
this ws earlier, alt 6 p.m. I think. He went all round the linds to night,
Ca white tol e t all ths I first turnoil of events t man who
segt a avelleade even view ws Bridges.
The Boats of the Ireang shun were sent in for wounded. Perk. His w01 mistals.
Ramsay ws sent along this 15t night to Collest stiaplers or brack by fleofard. He pr
A number who were lig down on beach at s. end – dead faped. Bullets were
whistler over. Some abolite refused to move - orhy wee crook. One littl
chap o 3rd Bde scarcely as big as his rifle Ramsay had to shaks hard Ior istines
inally e looked up "look old shap Rold, you'll have
before he a wake him.
to come. He junped up bliking his eyes. "What? another baynet charge Sir PLs.
we heard to Mackay ws being attacket - sometimes fiench. At 2.15 commund
with him was lost for a time. We heard to they had had e
to charge wI bayonet several times. Howse tells me t ata guess our
camalties are ab 1200, Jone O1 transports gt 8o full of wounded to the
repsed to take any more wounded on board. Boats assd semply to leave
wounded on whatever traisspert wd first take them. Forth reason
no one know where any particular wounded man was
edal hear what boat Tock was on as al.
 

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further from I beach than ever since I am sure now there were dropping bullits
from a by distance. One calls them a spent but thee is no such then as a spent
bulet nowadays. I will kill a man right up to and of its flight- then were hit by
them on I beach this first day. The caaseless rifte fire continued at night.
I thought I a ad not tell hew important these hours of first night
might be -& I particularly wanted to know how artillery ar landing; so
I got up again + sal down by A.H.Q with some of the Eters. General Godley had
been in Kino eartier in evening as I questy our general. Howse ws standiy
autside, talking to Col. Fiblin. Watson O/sign al Coy we there & clearly something
ws in the wind. In a ninaile or two I hard what it was - some question
As to whether we were to hold on or to Cmbark as once. i
Col. Howse enquestionably tought it
We likely to 1Camneltz clurig hospital ad have to move of as onte-& I don't
know Hom, what, but I am suce to 1 question was at cssue at a moment
whether we shdall ebark or no. [se note next pap)
Nws two O’clock then. I cd it help looking at 1 sky to see if
dawn were breaking. Our knew to it might have bu possible to
tmbark part of fora before daybroak if we had begun at night
-but there were only 24 hous of darkness left. I ad have been shee
annihilation to attempt tembarhate ten - Iwas sure of that the ont
possible way ad be to hold on all nex day, prepart all pssible means of
safequartal I returrnent & then embark nent nigh without enany
know what we were thinking of (if is were possible to deceive him.) Even (s0
I last part of force covering ( returnnet wd probably be secripieed. I waited
there sitting on sand slope wo sone companion in 1 moonlight with Howse
+ Col giblin standey talking in post of as. The general had fone somewhere
-I dont know where - but one understood tdecision and e
brought back by him. At two thirty citter he, or some measage, came
back. Ther as a general stir in 1 small crowd wh a in the know
I heard a me being read out fom the generals dugout fo
sending ballco units oaton te ridges. Sir San
Hamilton hopes tey will dig.. &t 1 morning will find them eply cesured
dugin where they are.... The Anchalian sailors have jar got a
Submanine too to Dandialles & Cos redoed a Turkish ship.
That charly stle it. There wae itta ba to de.
Monday April 28th
that dearly settled it. I don't know if it was
actual settlement - it settled it for me. The granp about the
signal office woke ap and Everyons seemed to an start diffing - they were
digning in 1 moonlight above 1 D.HD ofice; clink of
shovels every where– Tei o jast 2hours to daylyss. The warshi
were firny at night, & the two on 1 NrS. placks kept their searchlight
Eleadily on 1 lowdouatry on 1 ftanks. It a raining slightly but a
waterprod sheel overhead & a drain leading outof ones day out
kept te rain from making much discomfort. I went back of due
 

alanyrate
Note 200 conferences were held at Plast of wh Re Admiral was prisut.
I have absolute information as to the Effect of Rim,
They were at 9,11 or abt 12 (I believe
our two generals had been receivig reports from brijades prastically
sayiy to ty ad not hold on.
Godley gave in his hand first.
He convinced Bridges, who was againt it at first.
They convinced Bisdwood.
Walker - the little fighting cock - who came into confermes w
his eyes flading like a tigers, - we against any bought of retirnnt,
Bordwood asked te Admisal - well, what can you do in
matter of getting us of. Te Admiret od that to get all 1 trawlers itc up
would take some hours. They wd have to hold on till next night &
he would collect all his tawlers etc. & take them off next day.
The camalty hospital had be clarn by 11.55 the boats
didnt leave till 2- & order as actually go for the pospital
to recmmbark & boats came in for it.
A pinace as sent round to all 1 transports
ordering thaw to bu teer boats in shore a as to be ready
5 reambark.
(mned. arrangents
Navy were to take over wounded at high water mark
and provide 200 5.60, but tis w0 never done. We loated all
woundsso they had be practically no medical arrayments for evacuate
womr afat. The gascon ws swithe of at Hast momet fou alexo only reache
us because we lands 2 days tale than expected. Anoteship the Hindo by
at Helles for several days between two battleships webout a wounded man aboard h
If tawlers lad hrr all thee the order to enbark
might have be given – (it had be decided that this ought to
be done) – but when it came to actual giving of order I don't
know of it ad ever have be given.
The work Glsfard & Blaney did d night + day offending when
units were, I getting to know possle & how theys actuall were + gaidy
units about will never be sufficielly recognised. Hancock & waps af
& Eep. Gen Walker were also donn the same.
 

out as most others now did, & got a snatch of sleep before dawn.
A ao early grey of morning when I sot our again. I walked
along I beach in my overcoat to see ifi guns had bee landed
yet. Farker we there & he said that not one had on landed in they
chat make out why none of them had, but the Navy for some reason
codn't hurry them. It struck me & as a had sent them
offin 1day Ivavy hat probably given to transport a back berth.
anyway here we 4 am, & I gund had not yet bu landed. Communiant
had now bu established with all 1brigiles, I wrote an nloet
dak The mdos we down & I wrote my notes in 1 dark.
The posite as I then knew it was. We hold two ridges
by evening. There were very steep sullies in between. The Fod
Bde hang on splendidly all day but we very heavily tried. The enemy
worked round our left flank but this wo reinforced by N.G. & the End
Bn. Theguns in some jully to te Nofes cd not be cocated and all
afternoon they were pumping shrapnel on to an unfortunate party on
furthert ridge. The N.G. Bdle had landed & us in ofiniy line before even
The 2rd Sde had supered heavily, Col. Clarke dead; and in Co woued
Swannell of firs Bn I believe fought like a tyer. cur
a wounded sd 1 Turks werest strong in nos but knew 1 place + were
splendithy concealed They may not have had more t 10 suns in actin
agst all day butthese were almost impossible to find. The pleasure of
& our pice at heern (six solid bangs of Inter battry behind nan wo
a almost patetit. (We thought it we 1 N.G. Howitzer battery. I believe that
one of ut batteria lost an English officer & Enative officers. (The oppositin to I land
had come from a blockhouse one poit] The one kny (men wanted ws
landing of our guas. we got as guns ashone exc. one & the inter battery,
We heard to the 294h Dewn had landed but had not made very wack
progress:
As far as I idmake out the guns wh were shelling I beac a
troops going up hill in 1 morning were I same to caused all I trouble in
Cafternoon. There were 2 others wh pire fom almost due E- e were
N.N.E. I saw a seaman on a trawlew signalling to Ibeach when a
shrapnel burst almost opposite his face. He went on signallin
quite caluly of semaphosdy w redo yellow Hays
At last, at abt 4.30 am. we got some of N. G. Lowetzers ashore.
They came of the heavy punts with a rattle of chains & sangway to did oner
heard good to hear - atto when youve
 

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wonderful how many things will sound like shrapael - escaping sleam
a male starting to bray - almost any nowe you can think a
But no sign of our own juns. In I early light I saw 8 puts come ashore & hear
the nave in charge of them askry when Ihorses were to be landed. 742aval
beach party didn't ar to wory, as theis ws no oue then to wlom th
hoses belonged. The tree boats sidled ald for 10 minites I man in chay
contriually asking where they were wanted. I thought I cod go still
Parker. Out my wall down 1 beach I met fen Budwood. He ws
walken upt beach. He stopped to speak to me + I mentioned 1horses. He
sent of Chursside to see what horses they were & C. returned presently to
saythers werend any horses - only eales. But I lated tere
were horses, as I tought - & by were I first instatment of our guns
(Excepton) to come ashone.
Biadwood totd me he had be all round 1 hne last night &
seen all men - they were fairly comfortable now. But ho ws abvioush
most disappointed by the result of venture. Firs tere as I mistiks
oflanding us a mile & a half nork of where we she have landed; he
Id, in this ghastl countr. And kn theres this mnormons lime. The
troops very fallanty took an enormous extent of countr against
500 well cotreched s Turks. He ws confident they d hold it. But
its sach a pity thereo all this firig, he sd tooking up att hills
from wh 1 continaal crackle of was Ketry Still came?All this
answerig of suipers is abodlutely uselfss - I doubt if a single
round tells & it means I want of 1000 upon 1000 of rounds. The thing
to do ws as Braund did – to wait till they come on & then into them
to bayonet. ede it 300 4 times.
nwonso oow a godiobratore

t
I think I went to steep again. Any way when I got ap
perhaps 5 O'clock - 1 day was breaking properly. Every one we getting
up- Iaw Col. White buttoning on his roolvers & his bett with a look
up vally behind him & it seemed to me it there was a general
air of expectancy all I camp. In fact the sure a many ofcers there,
when tt mornly broke, quite expected to we might be defending
ourselves on I feach by evening + I tink I whole lot were resolve
to 1 austialion Divn shd not leave I beach – it wd either stay there or
cease to exist. I know tws feeling a most of junior oficils I am
sure I seniors if they thought of matter thought of it in I same way.
well. frst surprise to meas to expected bombarde
did not cone. Tevr Daylight came - but no bombardment. The
sen got up. About thistime I think the same by gun to fined yeste
fired to or thre hage rumbli shots out to soe aongst transplarts
 

P.30 an acroplane - not a sea plane - flus over. They sayd
is ours. It is simply custr.
The 2d Lad. Into Battery also was aslove by today.
 

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But i howetzers wh were to pick us afte bit by bit, like a bird
picks up a grab, didn't come. Instead, as I light grew, we saw the
Old G.E. standing off to South. I know she had come to give new
noset sapport fed much as physical & prnt she blased ter
first Lot. A gigantis maffler of yellow brown smake cclied to be wrapped snds,
round her. These was as wait of teconds - ren
a bifet to shook I world - then, hard on top of it, a fearful roar in 12 hills
The soar sounded awfully close & I ws inclined to think to it might have
tn a bit short - but of course thy not have taken care to avoid this. Yews were
A.E.
tn
(uplacibly)
Two light cruisers
Po
Beahaut
Qu
Fondon
they starter pring away at their various targeto - + the problin of arklly
a solved as fas as we were consened. Alt his time one your own
guns got ashore & others were expected. Houeteams diageed them along
Ibeach & taks on I saw mew of our artillery having them up a road
they had made ap the side of knoll at south end of begat,
& upover 1 neck
The other gun, ws placed on the
neck itself f one astore yest.


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The NS. Lowitzers were put in posite beside the road wh saes upt other sope
o1 beach
1
A 80e. came a mensap (from one of cromist I have an ida
it ws 1 Bacchants) prepare to receive crossfire on 1beach? The
beach ws hurriedly cleased as quickly as possible. The cross fire
didno come. RobaTepe had apparentl bu quite silenced & no gun
fired from roant our Northern flank as we expected orf any where near it,
Cal Mackaun bad be Clou to Cat Maclagan wll geoty. A
I wo arranged today to Col. Maclaurin shd relieve Col. Maclagan
athis . is ofternoon. The unit under him as to be known as
the 15t Bde tho it aod consist of a variety of all sorts I think the 3rd
Bde we tobe, if possible, with drawn & reformed near beach].
I went off after breakfoot, On Col. House's advice to see what cd
be seen from the Am. C station in the Gully. He sd one wd get a
view of somethry really going on round Now, I accordingly went over
anollats end of bach. ter as one of
our guns. (Maj. Phillips Batty). I youned a bit to men & waton
down the vally past the Amc. depot. Has in 1 bed of a creek. A for
gothers down I hillside + f creek bed & were put down
bullets whis

to suipers but I was pretty sars thy wars "overs. I vent on pest
 

A dummy gan we near this but but I now
saw it.
(abt 2 days later I saw these same packs opined & everything of
solid use taken, but sughts, pants, shirts, photoo, letters lyeng
allow roadside. I suppose I officer whose loy or plation they
belonged to we dead. A stronger potice organisati co stop a very great die
of irregularity of this sort & ad pay for itself 1000 of times over
 

dressig ste, tere ws a tils but to I right of the creek beds under?
t
knoll, & 1signs of a pat down
Cullets
ae
tro I sorb - & lower down
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acrossI creek bete over
Thill, of course lots o tots
Deung Sta.
of our men hadbe this way
Nillon was it
but I think those patts had
battery eftedls stations
he made before.
As I wo bying on I billsids looking
at Isea I saw maj Wagstaffe o1Army Corps staff coming from 1 South.
He told me I way to Col. MLAdg H.A.- over I aut hid & up to the
left following the were. I want on on 1 patt op I hill were
some 6 packs of some bor. (I fancy the 5t) lying on 1lef o12d – no one looking
after them altho there mest have bee 00 L000 packs at last.
There was a disting track over this neck. A little on 1 farther
side I left. I track & followed the telephons were up a jully to
Mackays A.A. Where you went ovr 1 reck ter were a few ovch budits
The jully as a steep little one thcor, the bollom of it tickly covered
with arbatus oother scrub - very like Auchalian blish without 16i1
trees - about 100 yds up it I fou gould & some of his signallus;
just above them in a bit of a floor in 1 creek, old cass & wakis
bot of whom nave me very welons. and about them Ol. MCAg
Mackay showed no I view from his H.Q. you citen the
Enemy's line alead of him for 1H.Q.ws below I cresto E
min
BehRte
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I can
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pckout 3
maides on firs
(His ws thuss. Ap. 29)
But you saw I country to 1 south said out like a
map. I had copied to max, I painted in Contours
& so I know it almost by heart - & this w like
a beidseys view.
The Lad Bde H.Q. were seting returns from the C.0.0 of the
casnatlies. In Cay gave me some - as far as he had them
7th Bn. up to mitnight. Sofficers to. 4 to:
13 out of 29 were k, or w. in one boat.
8 Bn 2 officers K. 7w. (one officftos
 

They ood be 1 tarks coming down the side of the
971-700 ridge.
ntarks this day a small bodie or clos singly
sake aloy walkers 1op as far as a washout
or stfully running from Walkers Ridge down to
Monast gully - right at the back of 3 Bo.
of Theturdey
This esq as stretches bewer Wriget f 3 Bn &
aS.L of 2Bn were returning a alt 7 pm from I beach up monash
fully - just at dusk - a tuck jumped out at them is his
bayou asid of pane dippe
this stretiter - the other, wright, stooped to pab it & the wrk
who langed at him messed a I boyonet but hit hin very
lard in I side wI butt. Nright picted up the stretches & hpt
Tark with it + then grabbing a weat chapper somwhere handy
bit I Turk accoss I face w it. The turk seems to have fallen
or bu dayed for 1 otherfellow (2 sn) picteduget chopper of
cut the Turks throat from carto ear.
 

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offfcers
and 5th Br, 5 K. Fer. - one as wounded in taking a m.9.0 mounts
gun. (Iratter think I have got this wrong)
Col. M Caytells me to 1 Tirks charged during I night shoating
Allak" When they pt within 70 70s we charged. They indtar
Whilst I as talking to MCay a message came a long1 The
gun we gave trouble this morning has bee blown in I air
observed by our right thank observer - shot came rither from
1Fcumph or 1 Queen.
Col. MCaytook me up onto I hill top Tust to fet a
view of a tark. Here is a saiper who has a pot as him
when he goes up there. He put my teliscope onto a hill
on I left - a high rounded hill t a browingreen
healh over it, & a gully in post of it, & a big sort of quarry
on I side of it. On I lower stopes of it workin down into 1pully
were several kings wh he sd were tarks - dark blue things
10 am
I thought I cd see, working down towards 1 fully. I a not
be sure I had seen them tho I tought I did. S fair number of
bulets were coming over care, sow serub so ag dedit othy long.
Away South Onecose I Ships firig on Acho sabl wh. according oo
sikems we shd take by today
there as a trenendous outhurst of fining over I hill fast
in ponr of, 2nd Bde H.Q. MCaysdl to meant to 1 Tarks had made
some small advance opposite the 7th Bn.

Yew from I beach occasionally came up & passed the
AD inquiring an way to I trinched. They had to get to him over
I scret of helltop wh as exposed to direct fire from in port
& unained fire from the nort (like most of our pooctions I being
in an augle it catthes fire fom everywhere. Its wonderfol how
few were dit at this stage, in walking too & from their regto.
Iwentback to D.H.D all midday. Blaiey tolet me to
setty
had be up the te God Bdo A.A - that it ws quite safe up there &
you got a good view. Te only king was to dodge to thle right (instead of
going straight up the gully) to te back of one at hills in 1valley
where it became too exposed,
a ofage
I strte
up the same jully in sh 1 dressing str as except to this time I
went up it + not down it. The strapnel as coming down it pretty
frequently & yet strether beaver parties seemed not to guty
worry - thy brough wounded men down, other came & went w
water & ammanition. A good many shetered under sides of
I creek whilst I strapned as close to tim - & by dlodging from
side to side of Ck you cd to some extent keep under cover. The
 

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enemy ws clearly trying to get abour mountain juns wh
were on a hill in 1 middle of valley.
en
Empty cases were lying abt everywhere.

I am bound to my I took an occasioned
restander a bant whitsh puy up – but I parties resting under some
of lower reaches o 1ck were so naverous as to be ofnating
Straglers - men who had collected there as a comfortable posite
having nowhere else togo - & noone to see & thy went there - th is
Straglr's pame of mind, They were collected afternos by Foster.
There as a little water & a good deal of mad in 160d of creek
wh formed spatt. In I scrub to tlep at one point ws a dead turk
I inquired my way up – & presently, a long way up, I found the pt
telephone line leaving I road to go ap a stuep gully to the right.
The gully ws densely covered in sarab overy steep. But one manages
to fight a way up it, occasionally meeting someone who ws jaing same
way. There were some men apparently reiuforcing or being pulap
triepl
in receive on this hillide. I got ap aflly a little to I right
of theirs. A the crevice got higher I bullets smacked tonder.
there is t cnrious bang or crack in Cair, close to your head,
wh one has heard when one gets in exposed posites & at
maken men say I bullets are Explanve. Those are fellows t
do sdamage -ū one mon sd to me- explosins bullets. The supers
aso em!! I sd (Ocause I believed it kin - it sounded so like it
I thought these might be specially served out to snper) - Isd - Lave
you ever seen men hil by 1 fiagments of them ?? Oh yes, oftenw
answer
I papsed up to a tiny ledge - mostly sand - in wh were
signallers; they told me - that one cdnip into truich jast
above trem - N.Q. we there. I clambered up, found a number of
chaps w rifles behind a parapet looking at oe; wd
I dropped in There ws Major Brand, young Holmes, Col. Enaclags
old Brand standin up, field glasses in hand, looking out att enemy
across 1 fronts 1 trench; Cloves (an artillery observes) ws also standing
up watchiy 1 effect of warships shots and giving results to
the signallers in 1 trench besids him.
The H.B. ws actually in 1 firing trech &, it we a
curious truch too. It faced both ways, down 1 gully +
over the ridgetop out I hellstope in pont of it. Bullets were
coming over fairly thick but I know enough abt them to
say how close tin wers. I momentant excected to see oh
 

Brand bet - he must have be exposed to them, I
It as an excellent place to find out what we going on just them
On Iextrems left, up at 1 head of gully, 1 Tarks were making an attack
Row 1 directe of main redge y Col MacLagan
wa, it seemed tome, anxious
-LI TaHack
as to whetheer they might not
get in round his rear there.
At Isame time they were also attaching
or his right, when his HAnslightly
ov A gally ran up behind him

& past his right & his HD.Ws on
right Shoulder of the hill. The gully separatel him
Stnk, from 1 part of line next to him - I dont
think hows line extended across to little dif but we
intermpl byit.acrosgully wo
another hill t a scrubby flat top to only a few
anevenucases in it. Ad just at his moment the
battalion oh hat held this hill ws t runnng iff it.
The men were coming off it quite quick, setting down into
I jullies & shollows on I sides of it & into some unevering
I favy on its surfase. Anyway they were leaving it quite
bare of any protection. The Turks creep up gullies on to this
hell - it is one of this nam averves of attack, & I hill
being now bare of our fellows Col. MacLagon expects were
nicuate to see I Turks come over I edge of it opposite to ast.
Her seemed to be several shots coming from a directo - &So Col.
Machgen madl his men getdoon into their trench so o they
faced bot ways. That will be dawned awkward he sd, bif
n
round in our rear - ty will too I begars
I tell you Brand theres noting for it - we shall have to put
the old 9t2 & t again- Bor ellows, I hoped to give them a
bit of a rest. He kept a close watch on I hill - the
seemed to be several fellows in one or two truches
further back - can you are if then's anyone there, he sdto
Brand- The hill seemed to be deserted & 501 Colonel
even down I hill hinsed & disappeare from our view.
He had previously told Brand to 1 posite of Ile H.O.
wod lave to be shifted dowon I hill a bit - it ws setting too
Exposed.
Reed now to Maclagan wa tooking after the putte
in of the g& t somehee down th saller Bsand turned hi
 

Col. White MMackwort
were at 1oke ent of this
tebephons line doing 1
spodng practically themselves,
(Rob.by Major Glspurd)
(C. Partly Col. M. Cay. Sen Bridges)
 

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whole attention to attack on our left – a good distance away on
high land. Clowes, & little Admes were spotting for 1 naval guns
heres premity I navy begon to fire. The queen Elisabell wt
fe for one te gueen for another. They told me it had been a sight
to see 19. Elizabetts shells bunstinere a short time before.
I as anxious to gite shote of them but when she fired again shor
7ewnal
was too far over I hill to see from where I stood up Presently a messge
came along trench, or by telephons - I cant say which
Queen's last shot just right. Enemy has retired
on left - no enemy in port of our left? The queen is finy on
anr own mew. Thet lst
I fancy 1 lest measgh
put annd to queens firing for afternoon or most
of it. When we wanted it oagain a little later it was not there.
However I warships finy seemed to heas killed to attack upon (left dead.
The troops were now begining to come across the tox of 400 plation, from
gully end of it. I first saw an officer – I think in a macintoch.
leading up some of troops was were already on Reshill. There seemed to
be a few in odd holes or perhaps trenches in I serub where we adnot
see them & around under 1 edges of 1 plation. I gota phots of him
I think but I dappose it will be too smell to
-waving too men, on with his arm - hoppin
ou the scmb. Then be ft the first lot up, lying down in the serube on the
too I hill a little in post of us, he hopped down 1 line of them
then went right back to rear stopeoI hil for some more. Away
back toward toe rear of hill were two officers standing watching – I drpt
seo them-but Maclagan &Tome of officers with him afterwar dis,
vere quite ready to believe (in our then condition – abl 50 hours
without sleep it ws possible to behieve anythen) thet thy might be
German officers - onseedo a raval officer, so those who
saw him I said. The officer in 1 macintoch went back for some more
mere & presently came, up a second time leading there. Then 1o 9th 8
10t byan to come over I hill (from whites valley I shd say] in tie
making rushes. You disht notice I man bet - you noticed them
ampoy or sobe back wounded. I saw one man - wounded a
unwounded I dont know, for 1 surfac of to bill ws very hot - rotling
over on & over thro Isert until he reached a holloww. Dost
contiued straight ahead but some came back or slipped sideways
down into protection of gullies & creveces of hillsidl. There ws a
maching gun in port, & doapnel (allo we adnt see it then) ws
s anconfortable, I saw a most
making to hilter alo
came
carvas eight there - some of men in I front to