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
	15		7 Black Watch in Kangaroos then pushed through 1 Black Watch, their advance being supported by one Sqn 1 N. Yeo. By 1520 hours the leading tanks were engaged by small arms fire and were being shelled slightly at 703693, where the road and adjoining fields were found to be heavily mined. By 1700 hours, however, 7 Black Watch had one coy debussed to deal with this opposition. One tank ran over a mine about 710963 and at 1710 hours the road in this area was being shelled by an enemy S.P. gun which was quickly silenced by our artillery. A road block was encountered near 714963 and 3 P.W. from 3 Coy Pilz Bn were captured here. By 1745 hours, however, the leading coy had reached the cross roads beyond HEIJTHUIZEN at 724963. The area was very considerably mined and another coy was ordered to not round HEIJTHUIZEN and take up position on the Eastern side.

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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