| 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: HQ Gds Armd Div | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Maj. Gen. A.H.S. Adair, DSO MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Gds Armd Div left BRUSSELS in the morning amidst the cheers and salutations of the happy people. The Div advanced to the line of the ALBERT CANAL, but all the brs had been blown. A br hd was est over the canal and while the div engineers were building a br the local population obtained all the barges they could lay their hands on and started to build a rival br. This day's adv was marked by a warmer welcome than ever with plentiful gifts of peaches, plums, tomatoes, beer and every conceivable tribute. Union Jacks were painted on the rds and flags fluttered from every building. |
Source: Jeroen Niels, 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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