WO 171/1304 - Hallamshire Battalion - 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: The Hallamshire Bn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6		At 1630 hrs the enemy were reported to be in possession of the track junction at 136244. A driver and a member or tine A.Tk Pl were detailed to watch this flank until "B" Coy had arrived. "C" Coy were at this time being sniped from the woods at 124246 where a small mortar was also located. By 1645 "B" Coy were in position, the whole area being subjected to shell and mortar fire. Artillery fire was brought down on the area 125248, and 6 deserters came in through "B" Coy. At 1730 the guns were fired on the woods to the North of the position. 30 Boche came out of the woods towards "C" Coy. Six were killed or wounded and 24 gave themselves up. Later the snipers in the wood at 127244 reported parties of enemy infiltrating toward "B" Coy’s positions. The DF task was fired. Small parties then began moving round the edge of the woods at 127246 and began to snipe the force HQ. A Bren gun was got into action on the roof and at least one boche was killed. The sniping had stopped. At this time the whole area was being covered continuously by either 3 mortars or infantry guns firing from the North. The 2 ic visited "C" Coy and found that they had had 12 casualties, one killed and 11 wounded. "B" Coy, had at this tine, had no casualties.

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

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