| 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: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1830 | Throughout the day keen patrolling was carried out by elements of 3 Recce Regt, this allied with the reports received from our many OPs enabled us to make quite a reasonable estimate of the enemy disposns around MIDDELAAR 7448 and GENNEP 7746. These OPs est by 2 RUR between 718500 - 719491 and by 3 Recce Regt between 736477 – 742478 and 750462 – 757455 witnessed the operations of US forces on the opposite bank of the R MEUSE and reported seeing many of the enemy withdrawing from MIDDELAAR in a gen Eastward direction. |
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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