TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!
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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
2   On the 2nd October a letter from the Bde Comd was despatched through the French Red Cross to the German Commander in Dunkirk. In this letter the Bde Comd suggested that a truce of 36 hours would be sufficient to complete the evacuation. The German Commander was asked to state a meeting place where terms could be discussed and also to state the route to be taken by the emissary from this Bde. Appendix “B”

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.