Martin1958 Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 (edited) Hi. Can anyone decipher the first word on line 3? It's from the 79th Brigade R.F.A. war diary February 1916. Their guns did not participate, so perhaps this was a type of Infantry attack (or perhaps the Left Group (artillery) did participate?). The word looks like CORNITIS, or maybe FORNITIS, to me. Or FOMITIS, which is apparently the genitive in Latin of fomes which translates as tinder or kindling. The first letter looks like the C in carried, on the first line, except the tail points down rather than up, so I thought it might be a lower case F, but I'm pretty sure it's a C. This is the one word in the whole document I can't make out, despite staring at it for a month, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Martin. Edited 11 December , 2018 by Martin1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 Could it be formation ? NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin1958 Posted 11 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 11 December , 2018 It could very well be! A fresh pair of eyes and all that. Thanks very much Nigel, I am in your debt! Cheers, Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Brannen Posted 11 December , 2018 Share Posted 11 December , 2018 Looks like "Counter" to me, (the dot over the second last letter not being intentional). So, "Counter Attack made on..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin1958 Posted 11 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 11 December , 2018 Thanks Keith. Yes, I think that might be it. Cheers, Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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