| 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: HQ 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0100 | The attack commenced in brilliant moonlt and after a short but steady adv the leading coys came under hy arty, mortar and MG fire from 860276 and 854271. The two leading coys, one adv North up rd MEERLO-HELLING the other adv West from woods 861274, were momentarily halted by the determined fire of the enemy and eventually one pl managed to get fwd to 854274 where it was completely pinned by enemy fire, a further pl sent around the left ran into hy fire from 854271, suffered cas and were forced to withdraw to 855272. |
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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