WO 171/678 - 153 Infantry Brigade - November 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: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	4		During the morning and early afternoon the Bde Gp conc South of the Canal ready for the crossing. At 1635 hrs elements of 152 Bde began their crossing. At 1715 hrs the leading tps of 1 Gordons landed on the North bank and completed their crossing without incident or casualties. Simultaneously 5 BW began their crossing with which they had little difficulty, the bn suffering 15 cas from mortar fire. At 1800 hrs 5 BW reported all coys on their objectives and 1 Gordons reported all coys over the canal. At 1840 hrs 1 Gordons reported POKER captured with only 2 cas, and 5 BW reported all going well and 50 POW taken. By 1900 hrs both 5 BW and 1 Gordons were on their final objectives, having encountered only slight opposition. At 1900 hrs 5/7 Gordons were ordered to pass through 1 Gordons and by 2115 hrs were all across the Canal. 5/7 Gordons reported POKER at 2255 hrs and that they were pushing on, meeting only slight opposition. Some tpt had by now crossed the canal on rafts as Buffaloes were found to be useless owing to the steepness of the banks. AF W 3008/9 attached as Appendix ‘D’.	AF W 3008/9 att as Appx ‘D’

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

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