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
	21	2000	It got dark about 2000 hrs and we heard that the crossing had been successful and that the bridge was being built. However, a sharp counter attack was launched during the night, and the position at the bridgehead appeared to deteriorate. The centre Company of the Herefords was driven in and enemy, overrun in the initial crossing, gave a lot of trouble inside the perimeter of the bridgehead. At one time the enemy were 40 yards from the completed bridge, but the situation eventually stabilised and a shallow bridgehead was secured. In the Bn area there was only the very occasional mortar shell.

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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