38th CEF War Diary

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 of INTELLIGENCE Summary (Erase heading not required.) 38th Batt Canadians

Page 2 Army Form C2118

Original - Confidential War Diary for the month of September 1916

Summary of Events and Information ------ Place -- Date -- Hour -- Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices ------ Ypres Salient -- 1916 Kemmil Front -- Sep 6th -- Our Artillery active. Machine guns intermittent. Some sniping Transport Officer and Quartermaster making great improve - ments in the Transport Lines. -- RBO'S

-- 7th -- -- Our artillery active. Machine guns quiet. Two shots from Stokes gun. Snipers fired six shots at German [corse] nucince [here] Trench near [spob.] N.24 A.8.8. Enemy quite and working on parapet repairs near N 24 A 8.8 -- RBO'S

-- 8th -- -- Artillery active - bombing nil . Machine guns quiet. Snipers active. Enemys artillery was active at night otherwise he preserved a passive attitude, attending principally to works on parapets -- RBO'S

-- 9th -- -- Our artillery continually active. other departments quiet The enemys artillery devoted their attention to our commun cation trenches. Other departments quiet. -- RBO'S

-- 10th -- -- Our artillery active also machine guns & snipers. Enemy generally quiet. -- RBO'S

-- 11th -- -- Our artillery cut enemy wire along our front and machine guns were also devoting their attention to the same [end]. Ours were firing with telling effect on the enemy. The enemy retaliated by active sniping & shelling the Batt. H.2. in the Chateau. The latter causing several casualties including the Brigadier General. -- RBO'S

-- 12th -- -- Artillery, Machine guns & snipers active. Enemys artillery & aricraft moderately active -- RBO'S

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