Tuesday October 5th Operations - None underTaken excepT usual PaTrols along The Canadian FronT -- Can Corps FronT has been exTended To The N. Enemy sTill mainTaining Their quieT aTTiTude wiTh excepTion of arTillery, which was more acTive Than usual. 5pm enemy shelled cenTre secTion Trenches wiTh 4.9 guns from La PoTTerie - Field guns from BeThlem shelled Hill 63 530-600 am FronT in viciniTy of Messines Road shelled wiTh heavy shells - 18" long 9" diam - appeared To wobble in flighT. 2d Div. - quiTe heavy shelling of kemmel -Our morTars endeavoured To regisTer buT were heavily shelled for 1 1/2 hrs Bombing - On 1sT Div. in early morning large enemy Trench morTars acTive. 14 [Minenwefer?] fired aT our lefT Trenches German wireless Aeroplane Signals - Between BaTTeries + Aeroplanes 1. Wireless Signals from Aeroplane k=short w=over L= To The lefT

BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures,1915.