WO 171/703 - 185 Infantry Brigade - August 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 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: August 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	3		Main Body and Bde HQ (Main) move behind. However, owing to slowness of progress on our left where Gds Armd Div were meeting stiffer opposition, 11 Armd Div was unable to push fwd as fast as was desired. 11 Armd Div inf and tks were well fwd and 185 Inf Bde was ordered to clear area behind them and move fwd in sp. This was carried out on two routes so that by evening 2 Warwick had passed under comd 29 Armd Bde at FRESNES, KSLI had cleared up to BEAULIEU (Pt 176) and 1 Norfolk was in res in ROMNESIL prepared to attack located opposition at LA BISTIERE in the morning. Div HQ with Bde Tac HQ was shelled by observed fire in the afternoon and had to move. By evening Bde Tac HQ (Bde Comd, BM, IO and one LO) were located by 11 Armd Div HQ just NORTH of CARAVILLE and Bde Main HQ was 500 yds away over the road.

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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