WO 171/678 - 153 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 153 Inf Bde
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
193377	29		By 0140 hrs 5 BW had two coys est areas 149405 151406 and a third coy area 149408. The situation appeared quiet and 5 BW had not had much trouble in reaching this point. At 0500 hrs about one pl of enemy cut the 5 BW axis area 150404 but they were cleared up by a tp of tks and by 0830 hrs 5 BW were adv on their final objective area HORST 1443. At 0400 hrs 5/7 Gordons had commenced to move up through LOON OP ZAND but the bn missed its way in the dark and the leading coy did not arrive in the area of X tracks 145423 until 0830 hrs. At 1000 hrs OC 5/7 Gordons made his way on foot to the edge of the wood 139428 to observe the village of KAATSHEUVEL 1343. No enemy movement was seen and a fighting patrol was sent into the village to see if in fact it was unoccupied. The patrol reported X rds area 137433 clear of enemy and two coys were sent into the village straight away occupying X rds 1371433 and 138435 by 1300 hrs against only slight opposition. The remaining two coys passed through and reached X rds 132435 and 133438 by 1430 hrs. Apart from some shelling and sniping, opposition had been slight.

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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