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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.

Page 24

38th Canadians

Confidental

War diary month June 1917

Place -- Date -- Hour -- Summary of Events and Information Remarks and references to Appendices 25

N.32.b.1.7. to N.32.d.6.4. and N.31.c.9.6. to N.31.d.9.2. The area in
rear of AVION including the Railway embankment has been
heavily bombarded. Hostile artillery activity was also below that
of previous two days. Our rear area has been very little shelled,
Enemy fire being on frontal line system. There has been no
machine gun on trench mortar activity. Both our own and
hostile aeroplanes have carried on patrol of both front line
areas.

Front line. June 30th shortly after midnight our artillery fired three hundred rounds
at Ney central and N.29.A in retalliation to enemy shelling.
Our fire during the day has been only intermittant. Enemy
has heavily shelled AVION Trench and area in advance of
same in that part of the town occupied by our outposts.

There has been less hostile fire on our support line than
usual. Weather conditions have interfered with the
work of aeroplanes. Many explosions occurred during

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