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Army Form C.2118

Sept 1916
Diary Pages:
Sept 16_P01
Sept 16_P02
Sept 16_P03
Sept 16_P04
Sept 16_P05
Sept 16_P06

Sept 16_P07

Sept 16_P08

September 1916
Appendices:
Appendix 1
Appendix 2/1
Appendix 2/2

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Enemy Heavy T.M.'s very active doing much damage to our trenches.

Casualties  :-  Nil

MAROC   23.9.16   
Internal relief.  ''B' Coy relieved by 'A' Coy, 'C' Coy relieved by 'D' Coy

Casualties  :-  Wounded O.R 1.

MAROC    24-9-16   
Medium T.M. knocked the Tower of Pints 16 down.  This tower is in the Enemys lines and overlooked the whole of this sector.

Officers patrolled out from left Coy at 9:30 p.m. reconnoitring enemys wire.  Returned at 11:15 p.m. without having seen or heard any hostile patrols or working parties.

Casualties  :-  Nil

MAROC   25-9-16    9.15 p.m
On the night of the 25/26 paraded was carried out by 2 Officers and 40 O.R.  See Appendix I for Operation Order and Appendix II for the Commanding Officer's  Report together with, comments of the Brigadier General Commanding the 119th Inf. Brigade.

Casualties  :-  Nil

MAROC   26-9-16 
Artillery active on Hostile trenches from 3 p.m. to 3.30 p.m..  Enemy' s Artillery quiet but he retaliated with heavy aerial  torpedoes.

Lt Dunn
patrolled no man's land and after some considerable searching recovered the German Equipment which had been dropped by one of the raiding party of last night who went to assist a wounded comrade.

Six or Seven Corps Signallers put out  a cable across No Man's land and covering parties for the cable layers were found by the right & left Companies.  No enemy patrols seen or heard.

Casualties  :-  Missing O.R 1,  Wounded O.R 5.

MAROC   27-9-16   
The Battalion was relieved in the Right Subsection MAROC by the 19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.  Relief completed at 3:55 p.m..  Battalion then moved into




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For operation
order see
Appendix I

For report see Appendix II

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