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
	17	1000	At 1000 hrs 1 Hereford and 15/19 H started adv. Great difficulty was found in crossing br over Canal as the enemy had registered his Nbws mortars and arty on this crossing. 1 Hereford suffered heavy casualties, but still continued to push forward. As the adv continued, Pws began to come in. Arty was arranged, also Typhoon sp and by last light 1 Hereford and 15/19 H had captured IJSSELSTEIGN 7222. One coy of 4 Ksli were sent forward to hold br. The combat gps of the 7 Us Armd Div had moved south of the br. 4 Ksli less one coy in the area 6722, Bde Tac 6721 with 2 Ff Yeo. By the end of the day approx 180 Pw had been taken, mostly from 489 Engineer Bn, some of the rfts having arrived only the night before.

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

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