Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/210/1 - 1915 - 1918 - Part 2

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • Documents and letters
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RCDIG1066849
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Ws some sereening by trees but in Sunben Rd there we none. word went back to Bro & to Bde of 1 sositer, & th 1 NofI river ws not occupied by Y. Sampson British. ReC.Oas (Col. McSkarry had b k. the morning before 1 fight in 1 wershes X near Corbie - out of his sut attending to a cod man at moment (ll got this man & he san out. next shell hit a tru close by abt 5ft above 1ground & K. MacSharry - he died an hr later at I dressing ster- The lwd shell also K. the man whom he ws leading away + badly wd 1 adjt. This ws in (straf laid down by (ferms &o attacking the Tommies near
Moslancourt). Maj Sampson Sent Lieut. Semon across to N. of river to get connection &1 Tomones. He took a Scout & crossed the road bridge & 4t L. Coy. Tther bridges - oursenges were abready at work setching them. There ws I kil of an Engr. on the bride & some blood. They sd to there had be a no of ferms suthing up a while Flag on 1 by cliff N. of 1 Somne. They went across to being them in prisoner - & this man as hit by a Missile cooing from further back. By him Tomanies had sort tome down & as Lemon sot across the Tommics
were collecting these prisoners. The tommies by this time sad have been. E of Chipitly. They Sho have Captd Chipilly before we got to Cerioy. The officers. sd to tey had just arrived there. They were engaged Collecting Jerms. there were more tommies there then prisoners. As Semon got back he Saw I tommies slowly soing forward. Tue ws nofering. But. presently he saw them going slowly back. Our men, sd to as I Tomanies got fored they saw the Germs o two gans wh, were in illag not then firing (the Other, had ba silenced by now). The reen Lors clear in he directi Saw
While Tommies cleared in (ot direction. The genns were not fired agin. Semon tot 1 British ofrs tt our men were being fe. By I time he got back the Bn on fet we getting forward This caused I ferms at Steep river bank w 1 M.guns to five up heart. They were all in their duponts. The migs were all on too o1 bank. to live belts in than & lots of cmpties bet them. The funs were mostly heavies - abt 200dd gens in all - & 6 mwfrs The also hed he fired & I shells Att D0 were beside them. eferms were taken in I dujouts encludy
a very bedly wd Bn C.O here were also some tank man who had bn captd from I destroyed tanks - they were released. A bty of our Hows. 110th How Bt. took up a postton Abt 9A5.5. firing over in directu of Mericourt. Re two ferman Jans Nof 1 river Saw it. They opened fired on our guns at once. The first shot k one of our arty offes & Severalmen, & these turned to Engage gernan gens but before they got a chance germans santhered the place to shells fering in shell co after shell. Shorth after a team
of horses came down I road galloping - hooked ap 1 gun - the ferms firing at the al time & paleed the gan out; to minates Cater ateam came down again I palled 1 other gen away. This ws at Istage when Lemon we going across I river to other side. After I fermans had cleared from those 2 guns there ws no trouble from there. But Abt I pm the ferius were seen to be fetting down by driblets into Chepelly word ws sent to (rear & heavy howizzers concentraty on Ivillage. It ws Ibest sight
the Bn had seen in Trance- shepill ws like a volcans of red clust. The Germans sot out running across the hill to I back being hurried up by our M.gs. That Evg after dusk, 15 Brws seld by t Bdi. & reserve nowed sound in Sapporta to 16 Bn along 1 terraces E of Dudgeon wood. They stayed there abb 3 days & then Came back N of 1 Somme to Saitly Laurette. While Bn i at the Terracis near Dudgeon wood the Term planes were very active M. gannin Eds & one man ws wd. The first 15 Bu had from 1 air of the 15 Bn got 2 suns in
W o Cerisy village behind Tsemetery. Mosto 1 cellars were remfd wconcrete + Carrisoned - & there as a by dressing ste in Wvillage The funs wh fired on 15 Bn were the Iguns mentioned When thest were put out they got no fire from the Nside o1 Eiver. While 15 Bn wa in Dudgeon Valley they were shown by a toming officer how 5o fire a p.2. Low. They turned kim round & ten all day tony they were firing A.2 Sedson 1Ferms. Ty started on Bray & Cenftened & shortened + were perfecty 5 heppy to themselven. The Lerman
shell to day put some 5 qcito valley. On Aug. 9 abt 32 A very fine barrage ws put Americans advanced over & perma in a NE direct from Inalard Wood. Very heavy my fire came from I directo of Chipilly but (yaukees mined this & worked up towds fressaire wood to cut off peninsula All along the top of Penissula ferman flares were still going up even after 1 Yankees had 1ot to Jesssaire Wrod. Aug 10 Nextmorning a Battalion of 13th Bde? ed be seen dug in along the E side of 1 clips. Keyts o 1 Chipilly Penensula.
A Shaw Wo K. late H Hockin wil. in 1after by a shell when things were pretty quiet (may have be a piece of one of ours frone Chipitz). Before Aug.8. to Jerms. made a day light raid on 15 Bn in 1 trenches taken over from French. This we beaten of. The account of the Bn ID. is with that of Bde 1.0. with the Dar Diary of Bde. In I doy a Ireueleman never entove. I top. They were very invisible. As soon as our people got in of course they cont be kept down. They were out getting crow roop from Cachy &son The ferm. cont help noting to difference

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