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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	11		At approximately 0150 hours 1 Black Watch reported an enemy patrol strength 1 officer and 8 O.Rs infiltrated to the area 654033 where a platoon of 1/7 Mx were located and a bogged 2 Seaforth A.Tk detachment. The Mx sentries were made prisoner and three Seaforths were captured. The enemy patrol then made off making for the canal, "B” Coy 1 Black Watch challenged them and then fired, the result was the prisoners escaped and the enemy patrol cleared off. D.F. targets were then shot in order to catch the returning patrol.

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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