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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: 2 Lincolns
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. C.L. Firbank
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
BELGIUM 21 1400 Bn. moved to HAMONT 4696 and took up close def posn in village. A report of 30 enemy tanks moving about 4 miles south of our posn caused a small adjustment of the A/T layout and C Coy went forward to protect the gun area of 33 Fd Regt in the Southern outskirts of the village. It was confirmed during the evening that the enemy had some tanks in the area but no conformation could be given of their numbers.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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.