| 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: 1st Bn The HLI | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. MacLeod |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1015 | A Coy supported by 3” mortars and using PIATS dealt with opposition and fought their way through wood to 403495. Here after more heavy opposition in which Coy 2i/c (Capt P.N. Steptoe) was wounded in the face they got into houses 402495 but were held up by MG fire from line of houses 403493. It was again impossible to bring up the Wasps owing to mines and B Coy were ordered to move up and clear the houses from the North, while C Coy moved along North of main rd. to clear houses from South if B Coy proved unsuccessful. |
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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