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
	21		Some enemy infantry were reported at 832058 and an S.P. gun firing from the area 857997. By 1545 hours one coy 7 A. & S.H. had very quickly reached RINKESFORT without incident except for shelling. At 1600 hours the tanks supporting 1 Black Watch reported having reached the road junction 852049 where one tank was knocked out by an enemy S.P. gun. At 1715 hours 7 A. & S.H. were in ZOTERBEEK 8406 and digging in. The tanks with 1 Black Watch were successful in knocking out two enemy S.P. guns and finally reached their final objective which was the main cross roads in BAARLO at 1730 hours. Approximately 15 P.W. were captured, their identification being 6 and 7 Coy 21 Luftjaeger Regt who had just come from VENRAIJ and whose morale was very high. The main forces, however, had withdrawn mostly beyond the MEUSE.

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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