WO 171/691 - 159 Infantry Brigade - October 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: HQ 159 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	12	1100	At 1100 hrs medium bombers came over and bombed areas behind the enemy lines. Typhoons straffing up any seen movement, gun posns. Our guns opened up a large arty programme wich continued all day. The 3 (Brit) Div put in their attack with one Bde up. By nightfall they had adv to the main East-West rd from OVERLOON. Some tps in OVERLOON, and up in Woods tothe West and slightly South. The Churchill tks were held up by A.Tk minefields. Lanes were cleared, and by the end of the day a tp of tks was with each of the fwd Bns. Patrolling was carried out during the night by 4 Ksli and 1 Hereford. Our own arty continued on a heavy scale during the night.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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