e000977118

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.

-----
38th Canadians

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

Page 48
Army Form C. 2118.

Original - Confidential
War Diary Month August 1917

-----

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

Front Line 1917 Aug 24 cont.
night our left Company devoted special attention to
ANTELOPE trench and vicinity of N.20.d.3.5. One hundred
rifle renades were fired during the night along enemy
line in N.33.a.75.30 and from N.33.a.55.35.70
and N.33.a.25.35. as well as orchard at Chateau.
Several hits were observed to have been made by our snipers
on the enemy in the vicinity of GREEN CRASSIER and AN-
TELOPE Trench. Considerble sniping fire was also di-
rected at verious targets at RED CHATEAU area. There
was the usual patrolling and obsering by our aircraft
during the day. It was noticeable that our machines
were not fired on by machine guns or anti-aircraft
guns to any extent.
Enemy artillery have been very active throughout the above
period. AVION was subjected, during the night to the
heaviest bombardment since being occupied by our troops.
This hostile fire was intence from 9.30 to 1040 pm with
heavy shelling at intervals from the latter hour until
2 a.m. The enemy was again active on AVION sector from
4.15 am to 5.30 am and during the day there has been
scattered shelling in AVION. The area of ELEU TRENCH was
also heavily shelled between 9.30 and 10.30 pm. Hostile
artillery has been less active than usual on back areas.
Their Trench Mortars were active in conjunction with

2449 Wt W14957/M90 750,000 1/16 J.B.C. & A. Forms/C.2118/13.