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    "ocrText": "Operations Report of Battery D 129 Fa\nFrom maring of Sept26 18 to Erining of\nout + 3 1918\n7166\n4:20 block BATTERY D, 129th F. A., OPERATION REPORT.\nFrom: 12 ciock Neen, Sept 26, 1918 To : 12 O'cleck Noon, Sept 27, 1918.\nFind\nfrom relack\nStarted firing on wire entanglements in front of Boureuilles at 4:20\nat 12 rounds per minute until 5:20 relock At 5:30 chock fired a creeping barrage dening\nat 100 meters North of Vouquois, jumping 100 meters every tive minutes until\naclock up to Boureuilles and\n7:41\nA.M. Moved out of p sition at 9 oclock. Moved through\ninto position anhedor at Point 5611. of 14icocotock neat atoposition in\nhedge went just courth of and Bouzeville on ondu of east an\nBty. got on Sintending and more\nto\nFrom: 12 e(êlock Noon, Sept 27, 1918 To: 12 O'clock Noon, Sept 28, 1918\nMoved forward by way of Cheppy vo Point 4237. into position at 14 oclock\nwent into position at on Varrinnes Balney road\nat 180'clock\nFired Harrassing fire on $charpentry at 30 o'clock. Fired on a Battery\nmust (Monthainentle\nat Point L-1455, At 20 O'clock, moved to Point 4435 between cheppy and varrennes\nby order of Ba ttalion Commander, because of aeroplane attack during day.\nFrom 12 ''clock Noon, Sept 28, 1918\nTo: 12 O'clock Noon, Sept 29, 1918.\nWent into Position along the road between Varrennes and On eppy at Point 4435.\nEnemy\nEstablished communcciation to an o.P. at Point L-3252. Fired on verman Battory\nit\nO.P. at Tondu at 9:30 ofclock causing enemy to desert same. Fire d\non cerman\nBattery moving out of position at Point 8666 at llo'clock. Fired Barrage\non Point 9797 at 15 o'clock to 16:15 o'clock. Night of September 28th and 29th,\nquiet.\nFrom 12 O'clock Noon, Sept 29, 1918\nTo: 12 o'clock Noon, Sept 30, 1918.\nFired B,rrage between Points F-1105 and 1304 from 8:45 to 10:15 o'clock. Re-\npeated Barrage from 10:30 o'clock until 11:00 o'clock. Continued the same fire\nAT 12 oclock\nuntil 12 e'clock. Fired on Exermont at rate of one round per minute per cun.\nIncreased Range 500 neters and continued\nfire until 13 O'clock when the order ed\nGermans shells fell in front of Battery Position at half\nhour osme intervals. to cease fired"
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