| 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: 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0600 | 1 KOSB passed quiet night but 2 RUR were shelled before midnight, no cas incurred. Ambush patrols of 3 Recce Regt to area 760440, 770440, 757433, 766433, reported no action took place. A sqn 3 Recce Regt engaged enemy patrol 763428 and killed one enemy, later identified as from 487 Ers bn, the first identification of this unit we have had. They are believed to be holding posns in the GENNEP area. |
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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