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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.
Army Form C2118.

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

38th Batt Canadians

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Original Confidential
War Diary Month October 1917

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

SOUCHEZ CAMP 1917 Oct 4 cont
St NAZAIRE. Heavy rains and wind through the night. RBO'S

do 5 Heavy Rain and wind in the early morn. Batt. moved
to GOUY-SERVINS in forenoon. Operation Order no 99
issued. Extract:-- The 38th Can. Inf. Batt. will move
tomorrow Oct 6th to HAILLICOURT. Starting Point
Cross Roads 2.28.b.0.4. time 10.05 am. Route.
GRAND-SERVINS - COUPIGNY. HERSIN. RBO'S

GOUY SERVINS 6 Batt. at GOUY-SERVINS. Batt. moved to HAILLICOURT. Wet. RBO'S

HAILLICOURT 7 Batt. at HAILLICOURT. Very cold and wet. Clearning up. RBO'S

do 8 Fine in morning. Wind & cold at noon. Officers went
to demonstration of enfi?de barrage. Carrying on. RBO'S

do 9th Large allotment of leave granted to O. R. do. RBO'S

do 10th Heavy rain through preceding night and today forenoon.
At noon sunshine with cold wind. Huns shelled vicinity
of BARLIN about 2.30 pm. Brigade, less the 72nd Batt.

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