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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: 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade
Month and Year: July 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.A. Hunter.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
30 1400 Bn leave PLANQUERY moving as a whole. For this Op in BOCAGE country it was considered insufficient to have a Motor Coy with each Armd Regt., so two Bns from the Bns from the Inf.Bde were put with two of the Armd Regts. and ourselves as a Bn. with the third.On the first day we were in reserve with 3 R.T.R., and the day was spent merely following the succesful advance along the centre line SOUTH through CAUMONT and LES-SEPT-VENTS. Late in the evening we were called fwd to try and reach ST.MARTIN-des-BESACES, a commanding feature on the next ridge South of CAUMONT. Owing to the traffic congestion we never got up to CAUMONT

Source: 11th Armoured Division.

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.