| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0100 | In brilliant moonlt our patrols observed some enemy mov and confirm that though little is seen of the boche during daylt he is still firm in his original posns on the East side of rly, from 805340 West down the line of the MOLENBEEK to 799330, thence South along line of OOSTRUM 8027 – HOLTHEES 8032 rly. Sec C coy 1 KOSB observing from 795324 witnessed a rather unusual sight. They saw a party of Germans, five or six in all, driving a herd of cattle from East to West across the rly line at 797324 and, after crossing, turned South for 50 yds or so, and returned to their own side of he line. |
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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