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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.

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

Army Form C. 2118.

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38th Canadians

Original Confidential
War Diary December 1917

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

LOZINGHEM 1917 Dec 5 cont.
attempt to influence the votes of the soldiers, but at
the same time felt constrained to tell them that they
would not be making a mistake if they marked
a cross in the second space of the ballot. Vocife-
rous cheers left no doubt as to what the boys thought
of the reverend qentleman's remarks.
Weather. Heavy frost in the morning, showing to early
risers a mantle of white covering the fields, cold
throughout the day, with bright star spangled
sky at night. RBO'S

do 6 With good visibility, planes had a busy day, with
Hun planes again in evidence. Large numbers of
French soldiers passed on the march through our
billets in the forenoon. Major Parkinson left
about noon on two months' leave to Canada.
Weather. Very cold and dull throughout the day. RBO'S

do 7 Battalions carried on Syllabus of Training.
Weather mild with rain at 7 pm RBO'S

do 8 Special Sanitary instructions issued owing to
prevalence of Typhoid fever in Bruay area.
Syllabus carried on. French leave reopened for
other ranks. Weather showery in morning but

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