WO 171/703 - 185 Infantry Brigade - October 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 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	18		During the night 2 Warwick patrols reached the Monastery of ST SERVATIUS EAST of VENRAY and found it clear. At first light therefore 2 Warwick took possession of the monastery while 8 Br Inf Bde consolidated the rest of the town. Once in position at ST SERVATIUS 2 Warwick were worried by mortar and MG fire from LUL. Tanks were necessary to help them into ST SERVATIUS and some were lost on minefds. During the rest of the day bns were under heavy mortar and arty fire but the enemy was in no condition to counter-attack. Bde HQ moved up to Tac HQ, 1 Norfolk and 2 KSLI maintained their previous posns.

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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