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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
10 1750 Used last night to assist 185 Inf Bde in a patrolling task, artificial moonlt is being instituted as gen nightly routine during these dark nights. It will be switched on at 2100 hrs and off at 0100 hrs. This use of searchlights is not universally welcome, one of our bns particularly disliking the innovation as in their belief it hampers rather than assists night mov.

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.