Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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Thursday Sept 30th/15 | Thursday Sept 30th/15 | ||
Get in 8hrs draughTing , on Trench Maps - Walk To Rue MouTon in afTernoon. | Get in 8hrs draughTing , on Trench Maps - Walk To Rue MouTon in afTernoon. | ||
− | French FronT - The Trench in Champagne | + | French FronT - The Trench in Champagne violently engaged wiTh The enemy's 2d line have on Their lefT wing gained a fooTing wiThin aT several points Guns Taken since SepT 25th are 121. German counTer aTTacks near Maison de Champagne broughT To a sTandsTill Through our heavy arTillery fire. Two violenT German aTTacks againsT a capTured posiTion forest of Givenchy repulsed. Gen.Joffres order of The day. " The offensive will be carried on wiThouT Truce + wiThouT respiTe. - Remember The Marne. Victory or[?] DeaTh. Canadian Corps |
Right Division - Enemy's arTillery more acTive Than usual. Little riffle fire during day but more Than usual aT nighT. GreaT acTiviTy across Canal from HalTe - 50 men unloading maTerial from whaT looked like | Right Division - Enemy's arTillery more acTive Than usual. Little riffle fire during day but more Than usual aT nighT. GreaT acTiviTy across Canal from HalTe - 50 men unloading maTerial from whaT looked like | ||
BC Archies, MS-0392, Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915. | BC Archies, MS-0392, Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915. |
Revision as of Jan 22, 2020, 3:53:26 PM
Thursday Sept 30th/15 Get in 8hrs draughTing , on Trench Maps - Walk To Rue MouTon in afTernoon. French FronT - The Trench in Champagne violently engaged wiTh The enemy's 2d line have on Their lefT wing gained a fooTing wiThin aT several points Guns Taken since SepT 25th are 121. German counTer aTTacks near Maison de Champagne broughT To a sTandsTill Through our heavy arTillery fire. Two violenT German aTTacks againsT a capTured posiTion forest of Givenchy repulsed. Gen.Joffres order of The day. " The offensive will be carried on wiThouT Truce + wiThouT respiTe. - Remember The Marne. Victory or[?] DeaTh. Canadian Corps Right Division - Enemy's arTillery more acTive Than usual. Little riffle fire during day but more Than usual aT nighT. GreaT acTiviTy across Canal from HalTe - 50 men unloading maTerial from whaT looked like
BC Archies, MS-0392, Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915.