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
ST JOUIN	19		A small Bde Hq moved out into ex area at 1900 hrs. 5 Cams and 275 Fd Coy Re were concd by last light. Four armd cars from 2 Derby Yeo which were to act as Tcps on routes to minefield gaps and at the gaps moved with Bde Hq. At 2230 hrs 5 Camerons crossed the S.L. and by 0045 hrs were on all objectives. Taping and lighting of traffic lanes to coy areas within 5 Camerons area was very successful. Meanwhile 275 Fd Coy Re were moved up to minefd and commenced gapping ops by 2310 hrs. Two lanes were cleared through minefd a tk ditch was blown in two places, fascines laid and road across ditch bull-dozed and the two minefd gaps lit by 0215 hrs. Tpt 5 Camerons was then called fwd from veh marshalling area and was in posn with respective coys by 0310 hrs when Cease Fire was given for the exercise.

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

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