| 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: 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | During the night aba throughout early morning 1 KOSB maintained patrols in the canal area and reptd (a) RE had completed recce of canal bank (b) no enemy in the tunnel (c) no crossing of the canal made by own tps. The German forces extremely cautious in this area are known to occupy the far bank with tps of the German Air Force fighting in an inf role and formed into a Battle Gp. The policy of the German High Command tends toward grafting depleted remnants of one fmn with battered remnants of another, forming them into a battle gp the size and composition of which depends on the “material” to hand, then christening them with the name of the senior officer. |
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.
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