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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
4 0300 A small German patrol, str four men, bumped into a 2 RUR A tk gun posn at 785283. On being engaged by the sentry on the gun the patrol replied with grenades and a small fire fight ensued. A sentry nearby from B Coy 2 Mx also joined in and these two sentries finally forced the boche to withdraw leaving behind one dead German sgt. No means of identification were discovered on the body.

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.