| 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 185 Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TINCHBRAY | 17 | Move of Bde Gp to area SE of TINCHBRAY. Bde HQ moved to MOULIN DES COMMUNES. A period of rest and reorganisation began. The battle went away from us very fast untiI except for 8 Corps HQ, 3 Div HQ and ourselves there was no troops within the area. We watched the battle of the FALAISE gap, the crossing of the SOMME and the entry in BELGIUM from a distance. Perhaps here and there a slight nostalgia for the pursuit battle which had so far been denied us. But the units were badly in need of rest. The breaking up of 59 Div provided us with a number of trained men and fortunately the Div contained two bns of our own regts (Warwick and Norfolk). By the end of the month we were overstrength. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
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