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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: HQ 185 Inf Bde (incl Def Pl)
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
23   9 Br Inf Bde advances on our right against no opposition and 185 Bde advanced the coy posns as soon as fighting patrols had found the area ahead empty. By dusk 1 Norfolk had advanced to the woods NO of OOSTRUM and 2 KSLI was in posn in OOSTRUM itself. BRUSKE and one coy was well beyond OOSTRUM. Patrols advanced to within 1000 yds of WANSSUM without encountering opposition and also nearly to MEERLO before being fired on by a few riflemen. 2 Warwick conc in VENRAY. A few minefds found and some casualties sustained.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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