WO 171/678 - 153 Infantry Brigade - 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: HQ 153 Inf Bde
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	23		At 0100 hrs 5/7 Gordons began their attack on WEIBOSCH 4237 and by 0600 hrs had taken all objectives and some PW at a cost of 2 killed and 11 wounded. Opposition was not great and patrols sent fwd to the SE outskirts of SCHIJNDEL 4038 reported no enemy opposition. At 0645 hrs 5 BW passed through 5/7 Gordons and took their objectives in the southern half of SCHIJNDEL without opposition reporting that the village appeared to have been evacuated. 152 Bde had equal success. 2 and 5 Seaforth linked up in the wooded area 379354, while 5 Camerons, who had suffered fairly heavy cas in their initial attack, remained in res in area 404375. At 0700 hrs one coy of 5 BW and one Sqn of tks were ordered to move immediately to 5/7 Gordons final objective in SCHUTSBOOM 3939 while 1 Gordons were ordered to move up in normal order to their objective in SCHIJNDEL. By 1100 hrs the bde gp was disposed as follows. 5 BW SCHUTSBOOM, 1 Gordons area the monastery 406378 and 5/7 Gordons at WEIBOSCH. Bde HQ was located around the post office in SCHIJNDEL. At 1200 hrs 154 Bde passed through and by dark had reached ST MICHIELSGESTEL 3540. At 1900 hrs 5/7 Gordons came under comd 154 Bde and at 2000 hrs were moved up to area 373405. 7 A&SH came under comd 153 Bde and remained in their old locn area 4141. During the night 154 Bde made a successful assault crossing of the a R DOMMEL at ST MICHIELSGESTEL.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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