WO 171/1394 - 4 Wiltshire Regiment - 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: 4th Bn the Wiltshire Regt
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. E.L. Luce, DSO, TD

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	2		C coy under comd of 5 Wilts stop enemy infiltrating between 4 Som LI and 5 Wilts at 705728. Small parties of en show up on 4 Som LI and 5 Wilts front during the day but are easily dealt with. 3 deserters give themselves up to the 5 Wilts and give infm of an en night attack on that front which turned out to be correct, the attack commencing at approx 2245 hrs. There were also signs of an attack on the 4 Som LI front. Both these attacks were heavily engaged by arty, 4.2 mortars and MMGs resulting in en retiring under smoke screen and almost certainly suffering heavy cas.

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.

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