| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1120 | The enemy opening up from wood 865278 with three MGs fiercely engaged the two secs of 2 RUR holding posns at 868275 and forced our tps to withdraw to main coy posn at 870272. Cas were sustained. Weazels have been an asset to the servicing of tps in BLITTERSWIJK and outlying posns. These tracked vehs wit a lt surface pressure are excellent for proceeding over water logged and muddy rds and are keeping open comn between MEERLO and BLITTERSWIJK. The track between these two villages is in a fearful condition one stretch of 200 yds being under two feet of water. 2 RUR now have four Weazels in commission. |
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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