WO 171/1326 - 4 King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. M.R. Robinson

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	28		After a quiet night there was some activity at about 0700 hrs. An enemy patrol had worked its way up quite close to the left hand Pl of B Coy. Part of the patrol, after being spotted, were pinned in a ditch by MG fire. A party from B Coy went out and captured 2 PWs, one other being dead. There was the usual intermittent shelling and mortaring during the day. At about 1900 hrs a force of enemy, about a Pl in strength, appeared within 100× of C Coy positions. They were ‘skylined’ and one of them was shot. The remainder disengaged. They attempted to recover the wounded man. They were forestalled by a patrol from B Coy who brought him in. At about the same time another P.W. was taken. A raid had been planned for 2230 hrs to obtain identification from a farm at 774216. It was decided to postpone the operation until later in the night as the previous incident had occurred in that area; it was felt necessary to let the enemy quieten down.

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

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