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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 30 Corps
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.-Gen. B.G.Horrocks, CB, MC
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
10   50 Div had much hard fighting in the GHEEL bridgehead but continued to make progress and their leading troops reached GHEEL. Two enemy counter attacks were dispersed heavy casualties being inflicted on the enemy and about 700 PW being taken.

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.