WO 171/680 - 154 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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	31		At about 1600 hours the Corps Commander visited Bde H.Q. and was shown the progress made so far. At about 1620 hours an enemy S.P. gun in the area 043415 was about to fire on one of our tanks when the leading Kangaroo was ordered by Lieut. Donaldson to ram it which it did successfully. One Kangaroo was, however, knocked out by the S.P. gun before it was finally silenced. This caused a block on the road and the Bde Comd went forward to the C.O. 7 Black Watch and the route was changed round the South of the railway. Progress after this was rapid and at 1740 hours the leading Coy met heavy spandau fire opposition at the railway crossing 033476. However, at 1900 hours the advance continued after the leading Coy had successfully dealt with the spandau post and by 2100 hours the final objective was reported captured without further opposition. Throughout the night the only activity from the enemy was occasional shelling of the rear areas. 7 A. & S.H. sent a patrol forward to the road junction 043478 at 2200 hours to mop up any enemy that might have been left there. The bridge 017484 was reported blown and an early morning carrier patrol on 1st November reported the bridge over the MAAS at 138409 also blown.

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

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