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
	28		Early morning reports from 7 Us Armd Div contradicting the report of the previous night. The enemy were still in MEIJEL when the Americans put in their counter-attack. - So did the Hun. By the end of the day the Hun had been pushed back in the Northern sector to within 500 yards of the west of HELENAVEEN but they had advanced approx two miles West of MEIJEL on the MEIJEL - ASTEN rd. This attack was held. 2 E Yorks of 3 (Brit) Div were moved to an area South of DEURNE - area of HOOGDONK 6616 to stop any Northward move which might happen during the night. Two Bdes of the 15(S) Div were moving during the night to strengthen their posn.

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

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.

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