| 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: 4th Tk Bn Coldm Gds. | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. A.W.A. Smith |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1445 | Attack started and good progress was made. The tanks gave maximum fire support to infantry and many houses and haystacks were left burning. Objectives reached by approx 1600 hrs. 15 (S) Div Recce ordered to advance to HEIDRACK. Misunderstanding, and this not done. Our Commanding Officer then ordered our own Recce to do the job. |
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.
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