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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	29		The enemy was undoubtedly behaving in a very strange fashion on the bn front, and at this stage, the only appreciations that could be adv were (a) that the enemy intended to attack the bn sector and with the line of the dyke as his start line, had seized to make it secure in the afternoon. The activity in the area of the br probably pointed to an attempt to repair the crater in the North br for use in the attack. The various hammerings which had been heard during the past few days, were construed as the construction of foot bridges to cross the dyke. Or (b) that he was simply trying to divert our attention.

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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