| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Patrols again went out from the three bns during the night and est the enemy still holding pretty firmly to his posns across the rly. 2 RUR located a Boche sniper at 791295 firing towards the 2 Lincolns and made things hot for him. They also reported hearing mov of a German patrol eight to nine strong proceeding SE from x rds 786284. The Germans are patrolling quite a lot at night and our patrols often run into an enemy patrol whilst fulfilling tasks. As soon as the habits of the enemy in his patrolling become just a little clearer we will org an ambush for his benefit. |
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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