| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Enemy were again seen digging in on other side of Canal. Such effrontery in broad daylight was chastised severely by snipers whose bag for the day was ample. Persistent rumours floated around Bde Hq during morning of impending move but nothing definite could be ascertained until Coc 51 (H) Div visited Bde Hq around 1200 hrs and outlined future plans to Bde Comd who spent the afternoon making a recce of the various approaches to Afwaterings Canal. Reps from 131 Inf Bde visited Bde area in prelude to relieving 152 Bde which after a month of hard campaigning seemed to be bound for immediate ops towards R Maas. The months total of Pw was 289. |
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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