WO 171/1326 - 4 King's Shropshire Light Infantry - September 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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.L. Reeves

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
BREE	18	1500	We spent the morning packing up and moved at 1500 hrs. It was only 10 miles and the move was uneventful. The main force was concentrated round BREE, the defence of which we took over from 50 Russians!! D Company took over BOCHOLT from a force of 25 FFI, who had moved up with the Allies from PARIS!! The enemy were on the East side of the Canal and prior to our arrival had been crossing it to patrol vigorously. The bridges at BREE and at BOCHOLT were blown and under MG fire. There were occasional mortar stonks falling on both villages. Immediately on arrival, we arranged patrol programmes and also put down a few arty. concs.

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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