WO 171/691 - 159 Infantry Brigade - August 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: HQ 159 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: August 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	2		At 0525 hrs orders came through that the adv should be delayed 30 minutes. At 0600 hrs the adv continued, left route 29 Armd Bde Gp, on the right 159 Inf Bde Gp. The HCR were sent ahead to search the country direction of VIRE. Certain opposition met, consisting of Battle Gp with elements of 9 SS Pz Div and 21 Pz Div. At midday, the div halted on the two routes on the line of the rd VASSY – VIRE, owing to the US Army on our right and the Gds Armd Div on the left being slow in conforming to our line. This left our flanks open. Positions were chosen for all round defence.

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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