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	17		at precisely the same hour as yesterday the enemy Sp gun began to shell BEST Church again. This time the gun succeeded int bringing down the tower. More mov was seen on Bde front during the day particularly on the 2 Seaforth sector where enemy vehs were engaged by arty. More than ever before snipers have been active since the Bde moved into the BEST area. The total snipers bag since "D' day must now be upwards of a hundred. It is not simply that the enemy is poorly trained which explains the snipers recent successes for 5 Seaforth's snipers have been pitted against paratps with great success. Late in the evening an Op Instr came in from Hq 51 (H) Div setting out plan of reliefs prior to future offensive ops. According to said Op Instr 152 Bde Gp were to be relieved by some part of 15 (S) Div on 20 Oct. The night passed quietly enough with patrols out hunting from 5 Camerons.	Appx. D - 3

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.

Domains

More information

Contact