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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 8 cont.
bright in the afternoon. Syllabus of training for
week ending 15th December issued and includes March-
ing and Saluting Drill, Target Practice, Bombing, Box
Respirator Drill and marching with Respirators, Wiring
Preliminary Musketry, Rapid Loading, Platoon in
attack, open warfare and trench to trench Battering?
Parades, Specialitsts' Training, Route Marches, Night
Wiring, Rifle Grenadiers practice. RBO'S

do 9 Church Parade at 9 am. Weather. wet throughout day. RBO'S

do 10 Syllabus of Training carried out. Bruay bombed lat
in the afternoon and adjoining area throughout the
night. Weather. fine and cold with starlight night. RBO'S

do 11 Men taking a great interest in their training.
Polling for the Election practically completed.
Weather. wet in forenoon and cold in afternoon RBO'S

do 12 Training going on steadily. French troops passed
through. Hersin shelled by Huns. Weather fine. RBO'S

do 13 Training carried on. Magor English, the 2nd in
Command, on sick list wth Trench Fever.
Weather fair and cloudy, alternately. Cold. RBO'S

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