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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 1 Coldstream Guards
Month and Year: July 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer:
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
17   At 2115 hrs Battalion moved. The move was done by cross-country tracks during the night and owing to the dry state of the ground, the dust was very bad, but the Battalion arrived at its halting area, about 1 mile short of the River ORNE, in the early hours of the morning of the 18th. Appendix D

Source: WW2Talk.com.

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