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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
12 0430 The enemy withdrew at approx 0430 hrs protected by strong mortar DF. Prior to this sharp attack a patrol to rly line opposite KASTEEL MAKKEN 797333 had observed enemy mov in area trees 795329 and returning via the OP 795328 warned the NCO i/c, of this enemy mov. The patrol then left for their own coy locality and had reached a pt 300x away when the mortar fire on 795326, the prelude to the attack, commenced.

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.