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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: HQ, 9 Brit Inf Bde.
Month and Year: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
18 0845 After a series of recces carried out in the area of BOIS DE MESSEI, 3 Recce Regt reported that no organised resistance had been encountered there. The plan involving 2 Lincolns was then called off by Div. Otherwise no further activity or event in the bde area during the day.

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.