| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 3 MON | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.C. Stockley |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | No activity throughout the day. Weather fine but visibility again poor due to ground mist. Nine Standing Patrols of 1 NCO and 5 men put out during the hours of darkness until dawn. NTR. "D" Coy sent out a fighting patrol of one pl to wipe out any enemy who may have been in area ERIKA. This failed. The patrol got within 150 yds of objective, and fire sec put down to allow assault sec to move in. Assault sec ran into booby traps and AP mines with result - 2 killed and five wounded (all one section). |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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