| 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | At 1200 hrs the Bde Comd held an 'O' Gp at HQ 152 Bde. 1 Gordons commenced their adv on LOON OP ZAND from the East at 1600 hrs and by 1800 hrs had occupied the village without much trouble. Patrols to ST PAULS at 149504 met considerable opposition. About this time, news came from Div HQ that 5 Camerons would not be attacking through the woods to the rd at ST PAULS as the trees were too dense to allow free movement. Consequently 5 BW was ordered to attack in two stages, first taking ST PAULS and OXFORD CIRCES and second adv before first light 29 Nov to the area of HORST 1443. |
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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