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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 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
5   Capt SG Hale, Fd Cashier, had not been issued with Belgian currency through official channels and consequently visited the Banque Nationale. A special meeting of the board of Directors was immediately called and issued instrs for as much cash as required to be issued in new notes of any denomination required. A bottle of champagne was then opened to close the deal.

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.