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Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F .S. Regs. Part II.
and the Staff Manual respectively. Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript.

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38th Canadians

WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
(Erase heading not required.)

Page 13.
Army Form C. 2118.

Original - Confidential
War Diary for the month of July 1917

Place -- Date -- Hour -- Summary of Events and Information 14 -- Remarks and
references to
Appendices

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Lines
1917 July 31. cont and strong points in back areas. Between 2 and 4
o'clock this morning, our heavy guns covered the en-
tire Brigade front with about 150 high explosive
shells. During the day, hostile area dealt with in-
cluded N. 26. d. 5.5 N. 27 b. 5.1. N. 27 C. 1.5, N. 27 a. 1.1.
N. 22. d. 2.1. and N. 28. b. 8.8. This afternoon at 5' o'clock
a 10 minute barrage was placed on the railway
embankment and at 5.15 pm. a second barrage was
placed in N. 33., a. c. and d. At intervals during
the night, bursts of Lewis gun fire was directed to ruins
of buildings and suspected posts of the enemy in AVION.
Owing to weather conditions there was little activity
with our aircraft.
The evening showed activity with their artillery at
infrequent intervals. Between 10 o'clock & midnight

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