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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: 7th Bn. The Hampshire Regt.
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. D.E.B. Talbot MC
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
4   At 1800 hrs a medical sjt from the ey came to Bn HQ to attempt to arrange a truce to allow evacuation of their many wounded. He was told that we would hold our fire until 1900 hrs by which time all tps in the br head must surrender or we would make no further arrangements for stopping the firing but there was to be no evac to the North bank. Later a private from SS Herman Goering Div (S/B) surrendered himself as PW.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.