WO 171/675 - 152 Infantry Brigade - September 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: 152nd Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
LE LANDIN	1		Early in the morning reports were received that the territory North of the River Seine had been evacuated. In view of this it became obvious that teher was no need for 152 Inf Bde to deploy North of ROUEN to protect the remainder of 51 (H) Div crossing the R Seine. Bde Comd went to Hq 51 Div to receive orders for a bolder advance towards the coast of ST VALERY. As a result of this conference 152 Bde Gp (for composition see O O. No. 7) was directed on to DOUDEVILLE and the area to the North of FULTOT and the X-rds to the North of FULTOT and in the absence of enemy opposition 5 Seaforths were directed on to VEULLES DES ROSE to the East of St VALERY. At 115 hrs Bde Comd called Bde O Gp and gave orders for this additional adv for which the order of march remained the same. 1300 hrs was the Div H hour for the adv to begin and dead on time 2 Derby Yeo crossed the S.P. at BOURG ACHARD closely followed by 5 Seaforths Gp at 1430 hrs. From that btime to 2130 hrs when the last of the Bde Gp was finally got under way the units comprising the Bde Gp were packed on to the rd as quickly as possible the whole aim being to get the whole gp on the move and allow it to reduce density once across the Seine at ELBE. Meanwhile North of the adv continued rapidly, and by 2200 hrs 5 Seaforths had reached VEULLES DES ROSE and by 0300 hrs the tail of the Bde was past the Bde Dp and in posns allocated. No enemy resistance was met during the whole adv but the reception given tps of the Bde along the route was worth of note. It seemed that the entire population of such towns as ROUEN, BARENTIN, PAVILLY and DOUDEVILLE turned out to welcome our tps and to cheer them on their way. By the time the Bde reached its objectives the tps were in super fettle.	Appx D - 1

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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