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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: HQRA 3 Br Inf Div
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. G.G. Mears, MC
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
12   Tac HQRA established at OPLOO 708352, Op Aintree - 3 Br Inf Div to capture (i) OVERLOON by 8 Br Inf Bde, and (ii) VENRAIJ by 9 Br Inf Bde. 185 Inf Bde in reserve and 6 Gds Tk Bde (sp by 25 Fd Regt) under comd. Div Arty in sp with Arty 11 Arm Div, 15 (S) Div and units of 8 AGRA. Red smoke was Bns Appx 'A' (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

Source: Jeroen Koppes, 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.