{"id":9894,"date":"2014-11-09T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=9894"},"modified":"2014-11-09T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:00:18","slug":"night-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/night-training\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGHT TRAINING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, November 9, 1914<\/em><\/p>\n

Camp Salisbury Plain, West Down South<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cTraining.\u00a0 Battalion on outpost work at night.\u201d \u00a0[1]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY –\u00a0NIGHT TRAINING<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSeveral night outpost schemes formed part of the battalion\u2019s work in November, some friction resulting one night when a defending force held up a number of civilian motor cars, and some amusement on another occasion when a nervous sentry ordered an enemy party to advance and give the \u201cConcordia,\u201d his side afterwards wondering how the enemy had learned the password and penetrated the defending lines.\u201d\u00a0 [2]<\/a><\/p>\n

PRESS REPORTING<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>It is worth noting that while several Canadian Newspapers had their own correspondents with the Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plains, the reports of these correspondents frequently reached their respective newspapers about ten days, or more, after the report was written.\u00a0 This is probably attributable to the fact that for security reasons they could not send their reports by cable, and had to rely on surface mail via steam ship.\u00a0 Hence the delay between the date the report was written in England, and the date it was published in Canada.\u00a0 An example would be the following report.<\/p>\n

LEAVE<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSalisbury Plain, England, October 26.\u00a0 As is well known, a very large number of the Canadian Contingent are men of British origin, and much to the delight of the soldiers, they are receiving three days leave of absence.\u00a0 Twenty percent of the men of the various units are given leave simultaneously, and when these return a further twenty percent get off, and this will be repeated until the whole camp has had its turn.\u00a0 On Saturday last the trains out of Salisbury bore a large number of both officers and men, many of whom were on their way to Ireland and Scotland.\u201d\u00a0 [3]<\/a><\/p>\n

[1] War Diary, 14th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment, Nov 9, 1914.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089676.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n
[2]<\/a> \u00a0R.C. Featherstonhaugh, The Royal Montreal Regiment 14th<\/sup> Battalion C.E.F. 1914-1925<\/em>, Montreal, The Gazette, Printing Co.,Ltd., 1927.<\/pre>\n
[3]<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0William Marchington, \u201cBritain\u2019s Arms Open For The Canadians,\u201d The Globe (1844-1936),<\/em> Toronto, Ontario, November 7, 1914, pg. 13.<\/pre>\n
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