Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/7A/1 - May 1915 - Part 3

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First World War, 1914–18
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Charles E W Bean Diaries
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Ist Month Satiary 4 MON 86. 85 8 2 294 h.F.D.S. Man S. STUES R.S. Gen Paris C WED Epiphany. Freith Day N3 End freebilo T THUR 8 ERI C Th 13m r.M. (Greenwich) Cambridge Lent Term begins 9 SAT N JO SUN—I aft Epiph 1915 31 Days 1915 January O0 Deon Origwell 5- E May 6 srithi Pociter deries Der Se at ham 6- ne 163A 29C r 12 61 2nd 1 f CC 169 1525 8 MAPari P6 4 9 (Cf. Cesson 1
Satuarys Ist Month 1915 77 MON Hilary Law Sittings begin Austh N3 T2 TUES RUD 32 b To AHOlliant 13 WED delech. 9 13 S 92S8x9 nean Sittil Balir Krithi 14 THUR Oxford Lent Term begins p of 29200 169 banel 15 FR1 e 2h 42m r.M. (Greenwich) 886 1V. 7 8 16 SAT 17 SUN—2aft Epiph 3f Days 1915 January Sation t May 8. Operation at 100E. Tierisfering at 52/108. & kto or. Al 4 to 12 order to move up to support Left eovedt wcot Krithia Bo. aprivd 18 abt 100 in & plation column of Coys. V.C. 76 74 11 72 16 5tE 8 Somc 51/Pin ge 0
Tamuistry Ist Month 3. Eher 78 MON French 5 16P 19 TUES 5 of 1 S 20 WED 12 I t < Mr Water from (ep. 176 34 2I THUR 3 Stretchfrs Shipon N 22 FRI fren &t fire likin t 23 SAT D 5h 32m a.M. (Greenwich) i 24 SUN—3 aft Epiph for fire. 1915 1915 0 Hawley 31 Days January 176 cad Officers a pe Nichol sarfsede Saw 2p 20 The 2 S J.C p o 17 1N& orX ( pagks in 37 -w$50 poles in it. Hotes thro smiti S. Bp some + of
1915 1st Month Sanyer 25 MON Conversion of G. Pan Shexe. I too pash. Capt Hunters may gve quiet Cs. S well 26 TUGES mas 2nd 25 15546 2 Si 814 verbal I all time 27 WED 720 sent cot Dm Camped firft in a pretty valler wheatfield with & towers. Shreping ae they ought to or two dig in. To day with Achi Baba in view, in op There 29 FR were french ovs us on road. Dardwelle - 40& 30 SAT 37 SEPTUAGESIMA SUN 0th 1lm a.M. (Greenwich) N 1915 31 Days January ms Rev. Sypes boreirzo yer optation will be b the 1 6 are 30 9 Yr trence at senpt Pass /tero &c st Dile another 9 to capt Hagan. to take I gans to auothn . Segned by Capt & oartillery IGo the name 1 I couted 14 May to night $6 20 on sat. Pat 10. 30 Advanced J 88 abt 300yds in for No advance on & heldup 5.30 In afternoon when be Australions by they came up 300fyds.
FCOTA 2nd Month 1915 Col. Sohenton C. MON Partridge and Pheasant Shooting & Faar your ends he 1660 To with heare duedelang 2 TUES Parilcation of V. Mary Cutboy 282 516 went to Auzac 9609 Fell to 490. 3 WED Renforced by ult 4 30 to 625 at Down to 33. 4 THUR 1E 7000 A S FRI 5320 sev ced to D00 Rec + beaat parties 6 SAT anded here 750 9 w TSEXACESIMASUN Wounoi Csh lima. Mf (Greenwich) 70 rund inde t 60 1915 23 D235 FCUA 70 into Sr list Renf. by 40 on fett late on sat bi not cim C this morning 46 my Abt 65 stoaple tolal 34 4 re Rein tre 4 pe in straight yodng pleasidy du but began to str. 26 we m for
2nd Month 1915 February Vry B3dE Mer 8mor The ef comnrne ia Bde ran o were advance batte t O TUES messons bac donpions then it sen 1m6m ws depryon man cobe 6y men were one of them ws hit TITHUR The they contd to send fmessage, got it thro &f then came down, It white 12 FRI js prlane it math ison bad. 13 SAT beforehand no so Caices ws where ask 123 14 AUINEUACESINA SUH. e th 3lm a.M. (Greenwich a wher beuences. a bliphone dd) to Bdie th 23 February 28 Days 1915 (0l vary rape May 12h 10½ Fencwere firing on right wife. I turks knowwhit teyre doing they attac tooght - mamberti neved us.ou s 6 A staff Officer who Mu7 be Tufit attach Yes . the Pdies says well take blooning Sel. of course well take blooming hill Anyone wa think they were throwing a bleoning blancmange at nos. Ship quielat 13t-10 8th Bajonny but with them w to Eepotin n 34 ten extended 8th win to Then ltl li
2nd Month 1915 Tebruar 15 MON Cut afee I think we had some interference by bared&c cas g if therewere 16 SHROVE TUE. any doubt att a manes voice we aaked came over in Wovean 17 ASH WED with you. 24 sometimes when lives srmecak may have been pped 19 FRI 20 SAT 21 SUN—1 in Lent Ember Week 1818 6C Febriary 28 Days Atthat May 12. Troops caue and all i out. To is attenten to nusRoi on all night. Missll trek down vally came out on n by ad. Rest by gad Staf first put up t up gatle 2 at old cam hele wh by b. mover fut aton hill an C
2nd Month Februart 1915 to be lot. 22 MON D2h 5Sm A.N. Greenwich) where they were to be thm atldth 23 TUES a despised to " ec prt i lace 24 WED St. Matthias, Ap. Ember Day i The £0 w0 have to he 2S THUR a be without 6 26 FRI with a the only 1. 27 SA7 Ember Day depat 28 S- 2 on U.as this X 6712 28 Days February 1915 60 wl pbonto tri quarters on open had int HPC pantly loo a Bolton is a good of but nota 4ry The fault of our troops is I stoffli bact Cathing trees. French powpers odan. when rifle geas of thouts from 9 caup. han 13. Endday i Reet fo. The Gotrath Ste cind ^ turks shalling our batt
2 1915 3rd Month March T MON St. David. OCh 33m P.M. (Green- wich) SK BT Mrs H.G. Bennelt 2 TUES lefter B I cound 15 Cot (t 3 WED 18 A THUR katter it S FRI or CSAT L7 Mcc l 1D 7 SUN—3 in Lent 306 at 716 into 1815 600 32DS March Abt 300 of s dis Came 12Cabt 400 Vorigial one officer oB coneind wounded lst da forn back from Alex. Kettl 47 3 343 81 104 t0 96L 1843 dly 4ae 13. 6 By gun steltin Gettin on beach killin n/e6 at head of vice. oathe 1 Omra wene at tim Sex beach afer alt auhou
1915 3rd Month March pns on tio S MON (Oh 28m p.M. (Greenwich) One of thempig O TUES too lale te eark. The ober is Cin Shorf busstin nile well of I0 WED Ty say a lot of damage has been done on the 50-Cbelled acc bor TT THUR foet comes with much leos of a whic 12th Explodes in acr with black smoke & an uy port sharp rattle att 13 SAT end - saw spatter amongst mules 14 SUN—4 in Lent Mal Match 1915 31 Days 60 pretty coot under sheapne will One male rolled dow with bad (supped) offol at bottom with load stifl of ab 20 ft at S. End Biy Sod CC worke as now When a steep puch clpmber yr Bg. arent 1 caul One shell from an nearbeach onhill like enpiie- Sh.S on beach Look out boys theyrs Wan relel when man tet. hin collect

12 
January  1st Month  1915
4 MON 86. 85 86 87
[[shorthand]]
5 TUES
L.F., D.F., Mun F.
R.F.
Gue Paris
6 WED

Epiphany. Twelfth Day
NZ [[shorthand]]
2nd Austrln
7 THUR
8 FRI
9h 13m P.M. (Greenwich)
Cambridge Lent Term begins
9 SAT
10 SUN -- 1 aft Epiph

13
1915  31 Days  January
60 Bern originally
5 [[shorthand]]
'L' May 6 Positn Diagram - see original
'L at 11am 6 [[shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]] 
[[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] Paris CB.
[[shorthand]] Col Casson
[[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
 

 

14
January  1st Month  1915
11 MON
Hilary Law Sittings begin
2 Austrln Battalion
NZ [[Shorthand]]
12 TUES [[shorthand]] RND
A Hollivant [[shorthand]]
13 WED [[shorthand]] detach.
[[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]] 88th Battalion 
14 THUR 
Oxford Lent Term begins 
near Sittil Bakr Krithia
N of 2 of 200 [[shorthand]] 169
[[shorthand]] bivouac
15 FRI
2h 42m P.M. (Greenwich)
NZ [[shorthand]] 86th battalion [[shorthand]]
16 SAT
17 SUN -- 2 aft Epiph


60
15
1915  31 Days  January
Saturday
May 8. Operation at 10 o'c.
xxxx Fierce firing at x 11 o'c.
& 1/4 to n. At 1/4 to 12 order to move
up to support Left moved up
west old Krithia Rd arrived [[shorthand]] 
abt 1 o'c in xxx platoon
column of coys.
Diagram - see original
some 5 8 in [[Shorthand]]    
 [[Shorthand]] 

 

16
January  1st Month  1915
18 MON NZ 3/4 hr [[shorthand]]
Trench xxx
[[Shorthand]]
19 TUES  Dug [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
20 WED [[shorthand]]
May 9. Water from left [[shorthand]]
21 THUR [[shorthand]]
Stretchers [[shorthand]]
Snipers [[shorthand]]
22 FRI Trenches [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
fire lit in [[shorthand]]
23 SAT
5h 32m A.M. (Greenwich) [[shorthand]]
[[shorthand]]
24 SUN -- 3 aft Epiph for fire.


Hawley.
1915  31 Days  January 17
60 [[Shorthand]] 6th [[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]] Cass
[[Shorthand]] Nichol      Officers
[[Shorthand]] Gartside
Saw 20 [[Shorthand]]
The [[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
Packs in [[Shorthand]] - w 50 holes
in it. Holes thro [[parmitain?]]
S.B.s some [[Shorthand]]
 
 

 

18
January  1st Month  1915
25 MON
Conversion of St. Paul   
where [[Shorthand]] 
[[Shorthand]] 3 too packs.
[*Capt Hunter
Col Gartside
Maj Posin*]
May 9th quiet. 
[*Wells in Trenches*]
Diagram - see original
26 Tues
1st 4 [[Shorthand?]] 2nd [[Shorthand]]

814 [[Shorthand]]
27 WED verbal [[Shorthand]] all time
720 sent. 
[*Capt Hogan
2 guns.*]
28 THUR Camped first in a pretty valley
wheat field with [[Shorthand]] towers. Shrapnel
or two [[Shorthand]] men they ought to 
dig in. So dug with Achi Baba
in view, in good [[Shorthand]] There
29 FRI were French [[Shorthand]] us on road.
Dardnelles - [[Shorthand]]
30 SAT
31 SEPTUAGESIMA SUN
4h 41m A.M. (Greenwich) 

60
19
1915  31 Days  January
Message:
Ruse. Signed Lorenzo
yr battalion will be [[Shorthand]]
by the 15th so you are [[Shorthand]]
yr trenches at -
Pass thro' [[Shorthand]] stn. Sent to
Divl IC
Another [[Shorthand]] to Capt Hogan.
to take 2 guns to another [[Shorthand]]
Signed by Capt x- of artillery
[[Shorthand]] the name. [[Shorthand]]
is wanted.
[*600 [[Shorthand]]
2000 [[Shorthand]]
14th
?72nd etc*]

May 9-10
night [[Shorthand]] by 20. 
N Z. on Sat. [[Shorthand]] at 10.30
Advanced [[Shorthand]] 88th [[Shorthand]]
abt 300 yds in [[Shorthand]]
No advance on [[Shorthand]] & held up by
5.30 In afternoon when 
Australians [[shorthand]] they [[Shorthand]]
came up 300 yds 

 

20
February  2nd Month  1915
Col. Johnston [[Shorthand]]
1 MON
Partridge and Pheasant Shooting 
ends 
I saw your
[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]] with [[Shorthand]] dash
Auckland lost heavily in
centre by [[Shorthand]] guns.
Tot loss abt 800-900
2 TUES
Purification of V. Mary
15th went to Anzac 960 [[Shorthand]]
Fell to 490.
3 WED
Reinforced by abt 130
to 625
Sat. Down to 337
4 THUR
Lost 50\60
7th 1000 landing.
Down to 320.
5 FRI 
Reinforced to 500 by
[[Shorthand]] & beach [[Shorthand]] parties
6 SAT
Landed here 750 [[Shorthand]] w
wounded [[Shorthand]]
including (180 reinf)
7 SEXAGESIMA SUN
5h 11m A.M. (Greenwich)

60
21
1915  28 Days February
570 into [[Shorthand]] line.
Reinf. by 40 on left.
Late on Sat [[Shorthand]] from reinforcements
- not [[?]] [[Shorthand]] Coys.
This morning 176 & 6 [[shorthand]]
mustered.
Abt 65 stragglers. 
Total 347 w 100
reinf. Reinf. were put
in straight & managed
splendidly during night
but began to struggle.
Rum was opened Wed nt
& many men got a bit
too much. [[Shorthand]] 

 

22
February  2nd Month  1915
Ap 25
8 MON
The 3rd Bde signallers were
scattered.
2nd Bde ran out communications
while the battns were advancing.
9 TUES
Sending back messages ws
not so dangerous - but sending them
10 WED
on ws dangerous bec men cd be seen
by enemy.
2 men were sending
11 THUR
to a bn when one of them ws hit.
The others contd to send the message, got it thro',
& then came down, [[Shorthand]] while.
12 FRI
ws the 1st case tt Mathison had
13 SAT
6.30 Arrangements beforehand no good
Baier ws ashore 1st. Found where DHQ
ws. Sent men
14 QUINQUAGESIMA SUN
4h 31m A.M. (Greenwich
there 1st & where Bdier ws. Took a telephone
wire (Gould did) to Bdier & with reel 

60
23
1915  28 Days  February
May 12. 10pm. Very rapid
firing on right where French were.
If Turks know what
they're doing they'd attack
tonight - Manchesters
relieved us. Our guns
barraging
A staff Officer who must be a 
Turkish attack
Yes - the Bdier says well take the blooming hill!
Of course well take the blooming hill Anyone
wd think they were throwing a blooming
blancmange at us.
Things quiet at 1st - no fire.
8th Bn going out. Ran with them w
wire. There to each other Bn. Then
extended 8th wire to 4th
Then to 15th. Lines were
 

 

24
February  2nd Month  1915
Signals
15 MON
Cut by shrapnel & 
bared. I think we had some interference by Ts.
I knew voices & if there were
16 SHROVE TUES
any doubt abt a man's voice we asked
who came over in Noveau
17 ASH WED
with you? etc.
Sometimes when lines
weak may have been
18 THUR
tapped.
19 FRI
20 SAT
21 SUN -- 1 in Lent
Ember Week

60
25
1915  28 Days  February
May 12. Troops at last came out.
trenches.  all [[Shorthand]] out.
[[Shorthand]] attention to N.Z.
& missed us. Raining 
all night. Miserable
trek down valley
1. 5th came out on right
by rd. Rest by gully.
Staff first put us to
camp up gully
2. at old camping [[Shorthand]]
3. On hill where
drier
4. Moved further
along hill.
Gen Hunter Weston
seeing tired [[Shorthand]] coming out
 

 

26
February  2nd Month  1915
22 MON
2h 58m A.M. Greenwich)
& waiting to be told
where they were to be
camped told them
23 TUES 
he despised them!
If he [[Shorthand]] he cd put in
their place to do the
24 WED
St. Matthias, Ap. Ember Day
same thing [[Shorthand]]
The [[Shorthand]] we have to do
25 THUR
same be as [[Shorthand]] without
the support.
26 FRI
Ember Day
The only time [[Shorthand]] high[[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]] was when
27 SAT
Ember Day
it got into the
[[Shorthand]]
28 SUN -- 2 in Lent
May 12 Night ghurkas
move their [[Shorthand]]

60
27
1915  28 Days  February
Men got into trenches
quarters on open hillside
A.S.C. - kindly took me in.
Bottom is a good old [[Shorthand]]
but not a [[Shorthand]]
The fault if our troops is straggling & leaving
their packs, Cutting trees. French howsers 
& caps.
When rifle goes off shouts
from [[shorthand]] camp. 
May 13. 2nd day in Rest Camp
The Goliath sunk by
submarine [[Shorthand]]
[[Shorthand]]
Turks shelling our left
3 batteries.

 

 


28
March  3rd Month  1915
1 MON
St. David. 6h 33m P.M. (Green-
wich)
6th Bn.
Maj H.G. Bennett.[[Shorthand]]
2 TUES
[[Shorthand]] comb. [[Shorthand]] left w Bn. 
of 1st lot.
7 [[Shorthand]] (4 on 25th 3 61.)
3 WED
16 [[Shorthand]]
1 [[Shorthand]]
2 sent away sick.
4 THUR
8 Recently [[Shorthand]] 4 killed
i.e. 7 [[Shorthand]]
5 FRI
1 brig [[Shorthand]]
6 SAT
4 recently [[Shorthand]] 
[*QM 
Medlen.*]
3 Reinforcements
7 SUN -- 3 in Lent
306 all told
716 into 6th

60 
29
1915  31 Days  March
Abt 300 of 716 [[Shorthand]] reinf.
Came [[Shorthand]] abt 400 of original
One officer AB Cox Leiut
wounded 1st day - came back
from alex - Killed in this [[Shorthand]].
7. 347
5. 337                  6000
6. 343
8. 816
                                                                       
1843                   2900                1000-1100
                                                                       
May 13. 3.45 pm 4 aeropl. over
Big gun shelling
getting in some good work
on beach killing mules
at head of rise.
Our men were out battling
& [[Shorthand]] at time. Germ left
beach after abt an hour. 
 

 

30
March  3rd Month  1915
8 MON
0h 28m P.M. (Greenwich)
Clearly 2 guns on
Asiatic side One of
them is setting her pace
9 TUES
too late & thumping into 
the earth. The other is
bursting 6 in shrapnel v
well abt 1/4 mile beyond us.
10 WED
They say a lot of damage
has been done on the[[Shorthand]]
50 [[Shorthand]] killed acc. to one a/c.
11 THUR
Big ∧ 6 in shrapnel comes with
much less of a whizz -
12 FRI
explodes in air with
black smoke & an ugly
13 SAT 
short sharp rattle at the
end - saw spatter amongst
mules.
14 SUN -- 4 in Lent
Mule seems not to worry
when it gets a bullet - Stands

60
31
1915  31 Days  March
pretty cool under shrapnel.
One mule rolled down hill
with load (slipped) & got up
at bottom with load still on.
abt 20 ft at S. end of [[Shorthand]]
By God 6 [[Shorthand]] worked for
us now. When they get
to a steep pinch & clamber
up BG. arent they beautes.
One shell from [[Shorthand]] gun
near beach on hill was
like engine - sh, sh sh .....
On beach
"Look out boys theyre worse than
bullets" 
When man lets off his rifle
Bet him collecting cigarette 
cards
 

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