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

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Army Form C2118

Original - Confidential
War Diary for the month of September 1916

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