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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 159 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
11   At 0630 hrs the Gds Armd Div moved fwd, the 1 Hereford waiting on the start line to follow up. The adv was very slow and the Herefords were not called fwd until 1250 hrs. They occupied their posn at the LE BAS PERRIER without difficulty whilst the guards tried to break through but were held up on a line approx 1000 yards South of their Start Line. The night was spent pattolling and generally irritating the enemy.

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.