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
	5		At 0240 hrs the class 9 bridge was opened and tpt began to cross. 5/7 Gordons reported LEXICON captured by 0300 hrs, and 5 BW were ordered to push on to HAARSTEIG. At 0325 hrs 5/7 Gordons reported slight opposition on their advance to WHIST, but otherwise everything going well. POOL was reported clear by 5 BW at 0400 hrs and their advance to TIDDLY continuing without meeting any opposition. The enemy appeared to have withdrawn altogether from the island. At 0500 hrs 5 BW reported both TIDDLY and WINKS clear of enemy while 5/7 Gordons reported CHESS clear but that mines had been discovered on the roadway. At first light it became obvious that the enemy had withdrawn from the island and the Bde began to look around for comfortable billets. At 0900 hrs Bde HQ moved up and was established at 241489. During the day recce parties of 1/5 Queens arrived to take over the area to allow 51 (H) Div to be withdrawn for another attack. The Corps Comd paid a visit to Bde HQ at 1000 hrs.

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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