WO 171/680 - 154 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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	3		The German Commander's reply was received at 0700 hours on 3rd October and the Bde I.O., Captain W.M. Wingate-Gray, MC, and a Canadian Staff Officer from Army acted as emissaries. At Gd Predembourg Fme they met the German emissaries and from there they were escorted blindfold to the German Commander's office in the town. Captain Wingate-Gray stated that the Bde had agreed to a 36 hour truce commencing at 0600 hrs 4 October and ending at 1800 hours (5 Oct), but the German Commander said that in order to clear the defences along the road where the evacuation was to take place and to put them in order again after the evacuation was complete he would require an extension of 12 hours at either end. This was agreed to and the truce commenced at 1800 hours 3rd October and was to finish at 0600 hours 6 October.	Appendix "C"

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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