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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: 1 E. Lan. R.
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer:
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
6 0400 At 0420 hrs a lone plane dropped one bomb in "D" Coy area causing no casualties. 25 minutes later the same coy was mortared from the area of the pill box. As a result, the pill box was ordered to be shot up at midday by the sqn of tks in sp of us. During the evening the canal bank was again patrolled and the height of the banks from the water discovered in various places. "B" Coy took over "C" Coy posns at first light.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.