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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 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
11   Adv begins. Very little opposition encountered at first, but a number of mines across and alongside rds. Very hot weather made going very slow. KSLI bumped enemy on Pt 312 and were unable to dislodge them by dusk. 2 Warwick and 1 Norfolk moved up behind. Bde Comd fwd all day in Scout car. At night Tac HQ moved fwd to VAUDRY.

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.