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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	5		During the night 4th/5th November there was little enemy activity on the Brigade front and only very occasional shelling. A patrol from 7 A. & S.H. reported the bridge at 299492 was blown and it was thought that the enemy in the area of ENGELEN had withdrawn. The bridge at 304492 was, however, reported to be intact. At about 1100 hours 7 A. & S.H. reported that numerous white flag were observed in ENGELEN. "B" Coy 7 A. & S.H. sent out a patrol to investigate and found only two enemy there, the remainder having withdrawn during the night.

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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