| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | During night the 8 Rb reported an enemy patrol of 10 men approached their fwd posn. Saa and mortar fire scattered the patrol. One of their standing patrols encountered the same patrol on its way back, capturing one Pw, identified from 180 Fus Bn. Out of the patrol, the Sjt Patrol Leader was killed and 3 wounded. During the day 3 Mon took over the posn in IJSSELSTEIN from 8 Rb - completed by 1500 hrs. 15/19 H returned to a res area behind the Bde Hq as Div res. 4 Ksli, still VEULEN, reported more enemy shelling and mortaring activity. 1 Hereford had littel to report. |
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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