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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
11 0230 3 Recce Regt patrol to br 809341 were fired on by machine carbine and rifles from back of houses 804344. They pressed on and reached 806343 where they were halted again by machine carbine fire from orchard 807342. As it was obvious the enemy were in some str around the br the patrol withdrew. They heard no sounds of enemy br construction.

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.