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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: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
19   Little activity reported. Spasmodic shelling and mortaring. During the evening, a recce party was arranged to try and cross at the Lock gates at 734878 with sp from arty on the known posns of the enemy which was timed to come down at the time of the reported change over of pln. The patrols reported the shelling to be effective as cries were heard from the other side. The patrol was unable to cross the Lock owing to trip flares and booby traps which brought down fire on fixed lines.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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