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, "A" Coy had been clearing SW and had got within 50 yds of the x-roads is OUDE MOLEN when they were held up by fixed lines and could get no further. On the right they had the road running North covered by fire and the Bren group commanded by L/Cpl. Strutt, had actually crossed the road from the NE and was at about 736443, but could not get back. The left hand pl moved into a house where it could dominate the x-roads. Coy HQ was in a house behind. In the clearing, 4 PW were taken and three others wounded or killed. Ptes Pass and Chappell worked very well killing large numbers of Germans with grenades including one spandau team. The boche were holding a large barn on the left of the road and also the houses or the x-roads. By this time the Coy was getting short of amn and had lost four Bren guns.

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

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