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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: 1st Bn The HLI
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. MacLeod
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
22 1500 Bn attack om MIDDLEBEERS launched. B Coy gained first X rds. in village, D Coy covered left flank. A Coy passed through B Coy with objective triangle of rds. at North end of village. This objective was taken, but the Coy was subsequently forced to withdraw. One pl. (comd. Sgt. McDonald) was isolated and never seen again. It was subesequently learnt from PW. that it had withstood three direct assaults, in the second of which bazookas had been used and in the third a 7.5 cm gun. The 15 survivors were all wounded when taken PW.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.