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
738978	17		During the night 5 BW and 1 Gordons patrolled forward to the canal line. 1 Gordons patrol to 776005 was shot by enemy on the North bank and the officer commanding the patrol killed. 5 BW also reported enemy in the woods at 755017. At 0900 hrs the Bde Comd was called to a conference at Div HQ where he learnt that 5 Cameron had forced a crossing of the canal at 723044. 153 Bde was, therefore, ordered to make a crossing on its front at the earliest opportunity. A conference was held at 1 Gordons HQ at 1330 hrs at which it was decided to cross the canal at 2100 hrs. 1 Gordons were ordered to cross on a two coy front in areas 775005 and 781001 and 5 BW to cross on a one coy front area 755018. 5 BW were allotted 12 assault boats and 1 Gordons allotted 26 boats. At 2000 hrs Tac Bde HQ was est in a house at 758986. At 2140 hrs 1 Gordons reported both crossings going well with some POW taken, opposition being slight. By 2315 hrs the whole bn was across and had taken all its objectives and 30 POW with a loss of only two men wounded. By 2359 hrs 5 BW still had no troops across the canal. Operation Order No 11 issued and att as Appx ‘J’.	OO No 11 att as Appx ‘J’

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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