| 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 |
| Unit: HQ 159 Infantry Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1115 | At 1115 hrs report came back that 27 Pw taken - progress still good. 1 Hereford prepared themselves with 15/19 H to go through Ksli to clean up area to North in the KIJKUIT. 4Ksli reached objectives after having some hard struggles. Air sp was in continual use, Typhoons being called on to VIERLINGSBEEK Marshes. Quite a lot of light Aa was put up by the Hun. 15/19 H, during the later part of the day lost one tank on a mine, but knocked out an 88 mm and an A Tk dual purpose gun. Further Pw reported by 1 Hereford and 4 Ksli, the day's bag amounting to approx 70. These were from various units - 437 Enginee Bn, Bn Romansky, Bn Greving, Bn Hoffmann and Bn Paul. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.
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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