| 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 153 Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s’HERTOGHENBOSCH | 1 | A quiet day. At 0930 hrs the Bde Comd was called to Div HQ for a conference on the forthcoming operation, and at 1145 hrs the GOC visited Bde HQ. The Bde Comd 154 Bde arrived at Bde HQ at 1600 hrs to discuss the take-over of 153 and 154 Bde on the following day. At 1400 hrs the Bde Comd left Bde HQ for area 2444 to recce the AFTWATERINGS Canal line for possible crossing places. Two patrols were sent out by 1 Gordons at 1900 hrs. One patrol reached area 269444 where the patrol leader went forward and found 20 enemy sleeping in night posns with 3 sentries. The second patrol reached 273449 where it was fired on from 20 yds to the South after which it withdrew. Operation Order No 8 issued and attached as Appendix 'A'. | OO No 8 issued and att as Appx ‘A’ |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
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