| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 5 coy around KAMP 836312 and 6 coy behind the rly line 846330. Bn HQ being situated at MUIZENHOF 849325. The task the enemy patrol were given was to investigate whether MAASHEES was occupied, and our own disposns there. This seems to indicate that the enemy is unsure about our posns and intentions. Further, the patrol comd, said they were due to return across the river between 1800-1900 hrs and if, on returning to the river bank, they discovered their boat missing they were to signal for storm boats to be sent from the opposite side. Possessed of this and other infm regarding signals, plans were made for an attempt to draw the enemy stormboats onto the West side of the R MAAS. |
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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