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
	6		At 1000 hours on the morning of 6th October when the truce ended Typhoons and Spitfires shot up enemy positions and our arty opened up. There was very little retaliation during the day and later P.W. reports confirmed the opinion that the enemy thought that we were launching a large scale attack and endeavoured to preserve his ammunition. During the night 6/7 October no enemy activity took place except for the usual one or two aircraft which came over with supplies. It is amusing to note that several containers of supplies including one anti-tank gun were dropped on Boulogne by mistake.

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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