| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Mines, both Schu and Riegal, provide quite an obstacle to our patrol and offensive efforts in the VENRAIJ - OVERLOON - MEUSE sector and the enemy is taking advantage of his own shortened supply lines to sow these mines liberally in these woods, on rds and even at the bottom of dykes. Already several men in the bns have become cas of the Schu (A per) box mines encountered almost daily in areas the Boche has evacuated in the past week or two. Slight changes in coy posns of 2 Lincolns took place during day and their coys are now at 790297 783295 779292 and 778293. Bn HQ remaining unchanged. The coy at 790297 has been moved fwd to assist our domination of the country between 2 RUR and 1 KOSB. |
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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