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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
23 1300 1 KOSB had fwd tps situated 400x South of main rd SCHOOR - KASTENRAAI 8222 at approx 802230 and the main body moving up to cut the rd. At this junc the Comd directed comd 1 KOSB to send fwd patrols to KASTENRAAI village 828227 to see whether it was clear of enemy. Shortly after this order was given a message was received from Div stating KASTENRAAI had been occupied by elements of 15 (S) Div Recce pushing up from HORST.

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.