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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: General Staff, Headquarters, The 43rd Division
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Major-General G.I. Thomas, CB, DSO, MC
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
17   "D" Day for Second Army Operations Garden and Market. Object of Second Army, with Airborne forces under comd is to dominate the country astride the rivers MAAS and WAAL and the high ground between ARNHEM E&& and the sea, to cut off the enemy comns between GERMANY and the LOW COUNTRIES.

Source: Jeroen Niels, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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.