WO 171/1326 - 4 King's Shropshire Light Infantry - 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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.L. Reeves

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
MERXEM	6	0800	A Coy then continued. Just as the first Pl of C Coy set out, the enemy put in an attack supported by tanks. A Coy & the Pl of C Coy were cut off & we were hemmed in on three sides against the canal. In this built up area, intercomn. was very difficult. No ATk guns had got across, & PIAT ammo. was rapidly exhausted. B & C Coys were disposed in two factories. Enemy tanks then proceeded to make the factories untenable, aided by snipers & heavy MG fire. With no defence against the armour, our casualties were becoming heavy, and withdrawal to another factory was ordered. Capt Barton & Lieut Mullock (cmdg B Coy) were both wounded. The posn was reorganised with C Coy, less 1 Pl, in the factory, and B Coy lining the canal bank & the factory scrap yard.

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

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