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
	23		By 1310 hours the Flails with the patrol from 7 A. & S.H. came under S.A. and mortar fire and the S.P. gun caused some annoyance. At 1400 hours the Flails reached 873080 and were fired on by small arms from the woods to the South. In addition a certain amount of mortar fire came from the direction of VENLO. At 1500 hours a patrol from 1 Black Watch observed a standing patrol of 5 enemy in the area 868068. At least one enemy was hit. The going for the 7 A. & S.H. patrol was extraordinarily difficult and the Flails got badly bogged in the area 870076. Information was received of enemy posts with M.M.Gs in the areas 877074, 881076, 878076 and 859057. As a result of the condition of the ground and the heavy going as well as extensive minefields the Bde Comd called the 7 A. & S.H. patrol off. During the night 23/24 November little enemy activity took place.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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