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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: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
25 0630 2 RUR reported seeing a posn with two sentries in wood 794287 and think they are quite vulnerable to a well organised fighting patrol. Arrangements are being made to "win" this sentry, or sentries. over by force tonight. 2 Lincolns patrol really achieved excellent results, the patrol of 1 offr and 27 OR est a firm base at houses 791305 and patrolled fwd from this pt. The patrol comd’s report being:-

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.