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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: 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
7 2315 Six men dressed as civs crossed the R MAAS together by boat from the enemy bank and are detained by 2 Lincolns under gd for questioning later. A considerable downpour of rain during the day allowed no reduction in the extent of the flooding along R MAAS. Track approaches direct to 2 RUR becoming impassable now necessitates a circuitous approach if ten miles by main rd to the South.

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.