| 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 |
| Unit: 152nd Infantry Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels, CBE, DSO. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLEUT near EINDHOVEN | 10 | Apart from customary harassing programme of int and sp weapons in which 17 prs of 243 A Tk Bty proved very effective againts bdgs the high light of the day's activity was a raid by one tp 2 Derby Yeo and 2 tps 'C' Sqn 9 Rtr. The raid was made in area 378295 and the net result was the capture of a complete pl of enemy Pw numbering thirty five. Pw gave posns of their Hqs and these in turn were engaged as Victor targets. The third Sqn 2 Derby Yeo move into Bde area this morning andcame u/c of 152 Inf Bde. |
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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