| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1950 | Some excitement was caused opposite the left fwd coy of 1 KOSB at 795324 when after a bout of small arms fire the Germans fired off a green and white verey lt calling down a particularly hy mortar conc on 1 KOSB fwd pl posns. This signal, first seen yesterday, seems to be a call for hy mortar fire, as on both occasions, these green and white signals have resulted in mortaring of our posns. This fact was notified to Div for infm of flanking fmns. |
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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