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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 7 FD Regt RA
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. N.P.H. Tapp
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
22   8 and 9 Bdes push forward on the North side of L'ESCAUT Canal. We fire very little. This is an unpleasant area, the farms are very poor and the inhabitants very hungry; the mushrooms were the only things to be praised. Major R.A. Fanshawe joined the Regt and took command of 16 Bty.

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.