WO 171/691 - 159 Infantry Brigade - November 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: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	13	0750	At 0750 hrs the Inns Of Court Lo reported to us that the tp of scout cars on our front reported they had a Pw and since then nothing more had been heard. After a vertain time a further tp was sent down to investigate, the result being that the Pw was a scape goat, the tp having been ambushed, the two dvrs being killed and the Offr and Cpl reported missing presumed Pw. The Hun had tried to take the one going scout car away but got it bogged and then set it on fire. Usual patrols were organised, with an ambush laid on around the burt scout car. By the time our patrol arrived in the area the Hun was already there in some strength. Later on in the night our patrol returned and accupied the 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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