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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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. M.R. Robinson
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
15   The Bde was given the task of clearing an area 3000× to the East of the 3 Br Div in order to give that formation elbow room for subsequent operations directed on VENRAIJ. The first phase of this operation was an attack by 4 KSLI from 2 KSLI area directed on the village of SMAKT, the limit of exploitation to be the railway line running N-S a few hundred yards to the West of SMAKT.

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.