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
	17		At about 1500 hours 7 Black Watch sent one company to advance on NEER which appeared to have been re-occupied by the enemy. By 1550 hrs a certain amount of opposition was encountered. 7 Black Watch H.Q. then moved forward to OPHOVEN 7597 with one coy at OPHOVEN and one coy in the wooded area at approximately 757968. Progress of the coy going to NEER was slowed up by small arms fire and shelling, but apart from this the advance went on satisfactorily and NEER was reached about 1900 hours. By 2130 hours a patrol sent out by 7 Black Watch to ascertain whether the bridge at 797989 was blown was fired on after having got within 400 yards of the bridge and the officer in charge of the patrol was wounded.

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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