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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: The Hallamshire Bn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
29   At this pt the snipers, who had been operating on the left flank returned reporting that they had succeeded in getting into the Brickworks from where they had sniped enemy in the houses on the far side of the dyke. These enemy had come out to take down the shutters and had been killed immediately. A further boche who came out to see what the trouble was, had been wounded. The snipers also reported activity, including a mortar, in WEERTSBERG, and veh movement in the area to the North of that place.

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

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