| 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 | 1520 | Comd 1 KOSB reptd that (a) His two fwd coys had pls at 429960 (b) Third coy was coming up on left to hold rd and rly junc 426960 (c) fourth coy was in BROEK with two pls 500 yds N and NW (d) Bn tac HQ being at 433956 with main HQ in BROEK. His bn was by now pretty tired and the OC was not very keen on pushing fwd to ACHEL until the morning. The Bde Comd gave very definite orders that he must get into South edge of ACHEL by nightfall and once there must carry out vigorous patrolling, the move on to the objective would be on a double axis, left, main rd HOEK – ACHEL; rt, track 800 yds E. |
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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