91 Bulford Camp (lleuwe-Eglise) + Bailleul.

                                            OCTOBER,1915.                [29th, Sun rises 6h. [5?]

SUNDAY 24 [297-68] 21st after Trinity

MONDAY 25 [298-67]

working all day aT office in Ecole de Dessin - PreTTy near menTal breakdown Disagreable col wet day afTer a sTormy nighT No special acTiviTy took place yesTerday excepT for a violenT bombardmenT by The enemy opposiTe The righT, lasTing 15 minuTes Our snipers record hiTs and our MG's were successful in The dispersal of The enemy's working parTies aT several poinTs of The line

BriTish FronT - InTelligence Summary No33. Sir John French reporTs that The salienT in fronT of Loos is firmly esTablished in enemy's line + ThaT repeaTed German aTTacks have been repulsed There was heavy hosTile shelling of our FronT, support + C. Trenches sorth of Vermelles- Hulluch Road. In ypres Ares increased enemy acTiviTy

TUESDAY 26 [299-66]

Make a reducTion from an RE. Plan - Take a Two hour walk to meteren + back across the fields. Heavy arTillery fire all day on The lefT + much shelling of aeroplanes One Boche aeroplane an "AllaTross", was noT only hiT by our anTi-aircrafT guns , buT pursued , hiT + driven to earTh by one of our aeroplanes - 9- a.m 200 yds behind our line. PiloT killed by MG Fire from our aeroplane -Observer (LieuT.) wounded by shrapnel. In following from enemy's fire un-hit . .As The Boche aeroplane was coming down + afTer iTs descenT, when iT overTurned , The enemy fired aT iT vigorously wiTh shrapnel , buT did noT succeed in desTroying iT. The aeroplane was from The [?] 33rd Flying Squadron-(continued nexT page)

WEDNESDAY 27 [300-65]

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