| 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: 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.A. Hunter. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1700 | The Armd Regts were pushed through us and turned west towards Le-FORET l'EVEQUE as it happened the forest was not held and the Bn. was able to follow through it to PERRIERES, where the Bde spent the night. We were now throughts enemy's gun line into country from which he had not had time to evacuate the civilians, as a result we spent a most amusing and sociable 12 hours in PERRIERES with not only the French population but also a Bn. of Americal Infantry in whose area we now were, who came through us to take up a posn in the area. The close liaison betweed the two Armies was symbolised by the action of an American enlisted man who, as he marched through the village, silently and without stopping thrust into the hand of the Colonel a stick of chewing gum. |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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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