WO 171/675 - 152 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: 152nd Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels, CBE, DSO.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
VLEUT near EINDHOVEN	13		At 1000 hrs 5 Camerons raided an enemy posn about a mile from their own Fdl's. Four tks of 'C' sqn 9 Rtr were in sp of the raiding party. The raid was completely successful it being estimated that as well as spreading consternation amongst the enemy in close proximity to the raid, about eight were killed and one Pw was brought back. Lifebuoys were used by raiding party and were well and truly blooded. Light mortaring and shelling landed on Bde front spasmodically during the rest of the day with the main conc on the BEST br.

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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