| 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: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | At first light the Bde was on the high ground just North of AMIENS. Bde HQ on [moving?] through [...] [3643?] were [...] in a [street?] [...] in the [...]. owing to a [...] of enemy inf [...] [...] [...][...][...] our coln. The opposition was [...] [...]by the Defence Pl with [...] assistance of the [...] Pl of the 1 [...]. The Bde moved into AMIENS with the [...] [...] [...] by mid-day. [...][...][...] of the br over the [...]. Bde HQ [...][...] in the town, the [...] was [...]. The Brigade [...][...][...][...][...][...][...][...]. Prisoners were taken from every kind of unit [...][...][...][...][...][...][...][...][...][...] |
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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