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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	4		On 4 December the remainder of 154 Bde was withdrawn from the island and, commencing at 1400 hours 153 Bde were withdrawn with the exception of 5/7 Gordons which came under command 154 Bde. 154 Bde then came under command 49 (WR) Div who occupied the sectors on the right of 154 Bde. At 1700 hours the flooding in 5/7 Gordons area, between them and the railway, rose to a depth of two feet. Enemy activity was mostly in the form of spasmodic shelling which did no damage whatever. However, in the afternoon, an enemy patrol strength six, approaohed the 5/7 Gordons area at 545696. After having been fired on the patrol disappeared in a Westerly direction.

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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