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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
13 2230 Mov was again resumed in the AAIEN area, this time to be fiercely engaged by a scale one attack by our arty. Mov abruptly ceased. Bns have been notified of increasing enemy patrolling activity on other sectors of the MAAS front, and have been warned to keep an extremely watchful eye out for enemy patrols. To implement this instr they will step-up patrolling their own areas and will increase the str of their patrols so that, in the event of a clash, they will be able to make their presence felt.

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.