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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: 2nd Bn The Royal Ulster Rifles
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
13   Recce party left Bn at 1000 hrs for GEMERT. Six Officers and Six Serjeants from 4th Grenadier Guards visited the Bn for the purpose of studying Infantry methods. Parties visited film show at "A" Echelon and a concert at EINDHOVEN. OPs reported usual MG and Rifle fire during the day end there appeared to be no particular targets, enemy simply firing at random. Two Recce and a Contact Patrol were out on night 12/13th but had nothing to report. Weather cold but fine.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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