WO 171/1304 - Hallamshire Battalion - November 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: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	5		In the meantime the "HQ" Coy pl had been working steadily up the rd. The pl went along the verges as silently as possible, surprising the enemy in slit trenches, some of them asleep. Several PW were taken, two of them manning an MG, and others came out and gave themselves up. One of them volunteered the infm that an offr and 7 men were in the house at 732437. This house was surrounded by water and could only be approached along a narrow causeway 20 yds long. Not liking the idea of moving along this, the pl comd sent the prisoner into the house to tell the enemy to come out with their hands up as they were surrounded. He did this reluctantly and came back with a refusal. The pl then fired into the windows of the house, apparently wounding one of the Germans. The officer called out in English to stop firing and brought his men out. By this time 24 OR prisoners had been taken. The pl then continued along the road, searching houses. Unfortunately, some civilians in one of them made rather a lot of noise and as the pl approached the next house an MG opened up on them from about 15 yds range, wounding the batman and runner. The pl comd got back to the rest of the pl and directed MG fire on to the area but was not sure of the precise location of the MG. By the use of covering fire and still under the fire of the MG, the pl then withdrew to "B" Coy at NIEUWEMOLEN.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, 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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