| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 0300 | Assault coys of both bns completed their crossing and the Cl 9 bridge on the 2 Lincolns stretch of canal was started. By this time ldg coys of the bns had made steady, if slow progress, despite stiffening opposition and fwd coy of 2 RUR had reached wood 422953 and fwd coy of 2 Lincolns were approaching BROEK 434951. Both units had taken some prisoners. Later on in the early hours of the morning the Sappers of 253 Fd Coy and 17 Fd Coy RE commenced their work on the Cl 9 and Cl 40 bridges. |
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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