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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
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
20   The position was handed over to 27 C.A.R and the bn moved to a concentration area at ST. ANTONIOUS to the NE of ANTWERP. On arrival there orders were received to send a Coy to KLOOSTER 872117 where the right flank of 56 Bde was in need of protection. "C" Coy was despatched to carry out this task. Further orders were received later in the day. These orders were that the bn should clear the area between the two axis of adv. This area lay between the 77 and 83 Eastings and between the canal and the 13 Northing. The Commanding Officer went on a recce with the "O" Gp to this area. It was found that the recce unit of the Canadians was controlling the road along the North of the canal and the woods along the Northern side of this road. Something like a quarter of the task allotted to the bn for the following day was thus already completed. Unfortunately, the Canadian Recce received orders to withdraw to the West that evening. As there were a large number of enemy in the woods at 7711 it was more than likely that they would infiltrate during the night, thus making it necessary for the bn to re-clear the area the next day. Accordingly the Commanding Officer decided to send the Carrier Pl to this area immediately. The Brigadier was informed of this and endeavoured to prevent the Canadian Recce from leaving before the Carriers arrived. The Carriers were soon in position and made contact with a platoon of SWB at OVERBROEK where there was also a troop of tanks. O.O. at Appx "N"

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

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