Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/7A/1 - May 1915 - Part 6

August 71 8th Month 1915
16 MON
17 TUES
18 WED
2h 17m A.M. (Greenwich)
19 THUR
20 FRI

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Black Game Shooting begins
21 SAT
22 SUN—12 aft Trim
 

1915 60 31 Days  72 August
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73 
August 8th Month 1915
23 MON
24 TUES
O 9h 4lm P.M. (Greenwich).
St. Bartholomew, Ap.
25 WED
26 THUR
27 FRI
28 SAT
29 SUN—13 aft Trim
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1915

60
31 Days
74 August

Went some way N of 
beach & thought we
were landing at
Northern point, but
abt. dusk came S
& lay near Canopus.
Picket boat came along [[?]]
- not going to land tonight.
Hear Gen Bridges badly
hit thro femoral
artery. Question
whether have to
amputate wh v.
Serious matter.
-It is more comfortable 

75
Aug & Sept 8th & 9th Months  1915
30 MON  here than ashore-
Hear that Gen Birdwood
was hit on head. He
3I TUES on one occasion was
spotting whilst one of his
staff sniped. 
1 SEPT WED
(2h 57m P.M. (Greenwich)
Partridge Shooting begins
When Goliath was hit
2 THUR   she saw a tb coming
down & signalled
to her.  She was coming
3 FRI   down Dardanelles.
4 SAT
5 [[shorthand]]30 [[shorthand]]
5 SUN - 14 aft Trin  shell
[[shorthand]] (cups)
[[shorthand]] amb. man
[[shorthand]]

[[shorthand]]

  1915 60 31 & 30 Days Aug & Sept 76
 When men [[shorthand]] the Turks
 had taken 20000 [[shorthand]] &
 pushed [[shorthand]]  the sea
one of them [[shorthand]] 
Blame, Some [[shorthand]] - must have seen
 us bathin
1 turk stumbled [[shorthand]]
ws quite quiet in [[?]]  

Some  [[shorthand]] after [[shorthand]] sd stand to
 yr arms.  [[shorthand]] are coming
a similar  [[shorthand]] from one
man. [[shorthand]] whole division out

We dont have [[shorthand]]
our guns [[shorthand]] [[flying?]][[shorthand]]
 

77
September 9th Month 1915
6 MON 25 yds in front of point
of the cove

at beg of attack
1 shrap got into
7 TUES dugout just beat
a sergt.  Sergt ws
8 WED thrown left in air.

Mules - shrap
 in midst without
9 THUR
. 10h 53m A.M. (Greenwich)
hurting any 
[[shorthand]]
10 FRI

Shell burst in wd room
of River Clyde- one
11 SAT
 >. inside- threw
him thro door but
SUN—15 aft Trin
Ember Week unhurt.

1915 60 30 days  September 78
Can see mines - one
ws seen, painted yellow
as we came out.

Ships fired at it and
 sank without explosion.

Rush of w to porthole.

May 17 landing

Turks have a battery
near Anafarta because
one of our ships N.
(inbound) is shelling back
of a ridge in valley
there.

But most of shells come
from South.

September 79 9th Month 1915
13 MON Hear Gen [[shorthand]] v. bad.

Col Y tells me ???
Col Howse ???

Gen ???

???

700yds ? ((morachus))

??? Thompsons

???

I ran ?? cigarettes.

Thomp ???

He went on ??? commotion ???

???

Thompson dashed out - we looked ??? 

kneeling over ?? Casey P

 

September 79 9th Month 1915
20 MON
P.V.  ???

21 Tues P Thompson put on a tourniquet

???

Usual brown colour

???
Thompson P Nonsense

????
1
24 FRI

0
 

60 30 Days
September
1915
on board ship the wound

gangrenous.
???
had cut 2 arteries ? femoral & a vein 

???

I understand Gen Walker ?((applis)) Major Fellibrand hit S & outside H.Q dining for sums onto K Tspe ? made beach v hot-.

Foster & Onslow were removing ?? when Foster hit all ?? all ?? DHQ

 

Sept & Oct
9th & 10th Months
1915
27 MON
I ap man
bombs. Weblew up is
28 TUES
7Ymorters
We arade C
I
29 WED
helled
St. Michael and All Angals
Michaelmas Day. Quarter Ipy
Diot artillery.
I day at
30 THUR

tor
I walker
6r)
gun enplachments at
OCT FRI
COn AIm A.N. (Greenwich. 5D0 9
Co
Cambridge Michaelmas Tern)
begins. Phensant Shooting
begins
tine
& asking you to fire
2 SAT
9 pm.ci a Hobbs
ti
W& can you
3 SUN—18 aft Trin
give me
10. Well.
ApP.
Tomoriow
 

1915 60 30 & 31 Dags
Sept & Oct
gam 284 Had not
much before 18(2
after
first askig) that they
r
men on these pin
6y
t
vistron-e
7
Spipp (a
NB. LH y Russell
& Hast LH & Chanvells
have since
o

Deals
Etc. at Monash H.
Merashe
20
in S
V. Stuast Funeral.
hia
c whilst stetehing
Putter
in sone (o
Later
 

October
10th Morith
1915
& MON 2
200 yd avan
Sel to

t
S TUES
e stid to feet
secondCP
4
6 WE0 6
t
at
7.30 gatived
TTH SC too 29 enemes
Juns 12 C)
to corms
wh
5fi s has.
8 FRI
a Th A2m p.v. (Greenfrich)
in H Mules joug
354 past flankey. New
mean ooer Imbros - Ships
10304-18att WI Exquisity last
Fash on mens back
lights
 

1915 60
pr
October
continual whistle
A Cutler
Ia acsional whin
of Rick. man wheotlerg
stops when hears
Constant crack crack elack
up above. Stong have
torcari s
then voice of Parson-
Now the vattle day is oer
Jear in C
it Ia
64 vitender
brook away
ore
es crosses.
C.o. Lapoulle - Crevesse
hapin-
Tulf- 3 mai 19/5
 

C
 

821008
10th Month
1915
generals Juarlon
77 MON
Oxford Michaelmas Term begins
Allo Bill, ose yer &0
1res Ado Bil
Michacmas Earr Sittings 16 be fer
biscuits.
generel
13 WEO
Berde spetting for ouslow.
& says Only man
14 THUR
os
an end
o OVT.
15 FRI
JMoLen C)) bathin?
Blaicy.
16 SAT
is out atir 8.
Not
17Su -20 alt III for 20
614
90c.
not
 

8
0
1915
31 Days
October
15
Had 7C
to
"It took
(ct
[)
7
Streame
in Gad fulle
puite St
-
clowly.
2 Launcerton

couge
thro open a
I coughed again
Precently
yds S
Taw
thing to left
& then of Shuffliing. fan
O. Patrol came 6 abew
feet of them) then ec
1e
2
a
Blanney & & went
 

Norember
11th Month
1915
2FMON
An Baints Day Gol
Ti
2 & in doying so.
26 i & Pasher on stowly
6e
19yds awa
As lyung 8
Eq heard
4 3 WED
Shaffling
ron
them. Rex. )

Irrivk
ahispere confersati
Senbey challenger it.
They lay low] r
68FRI
Patrol came jou i
78SAT
10men in t
others
1:
FFSUN- 23 aft Trin
& (The foremes
P Thoem En. (ireenwich).
had
between Blanney
 

90
1915
30 Days
November
66
to
& leading boy when the up
t his bayonet
Blainey fly at him
to boy (let bly atsenter
Blanncy s is I man &
it
Boz
that left 3 banched
to getting.
6
70
all fell
n
IX
100 3fA
them G
commotion
great
line of sentries.
St
 

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