| 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 |
| Unit: First Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | The four rifle coys remained in BLADEL forming a tight block in the centre of the village. At 0800 hrs, REs, protected by a sec of 7 RWF and a sec of carrs, commenced building up the blown bridge across the stream. This was completed by 0930 hrs and at the same time, the carrs reported the BLADEL road clear. At 1100 hrs, Bn. HQ moved fwd into BLADEL having been replaced by a second coy of 7 RWF. BLADEL was full of would-be helpful partisans, but the problem of sifting good news from the mass of out of date infm proved too great and they had to be ignored with the exception of a few enthusiasts, who patrolled it at the request of the Bn. Such men were onIy sorted out from the crowd after a great waste of time. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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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