WO 171/675 - 152 Infantry Brigade - October 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: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels, CBE, DSO.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
VLEUT near EINDHOVEN	9		C' Sqn 9 Rtr came into Bde area to fulfil a counter attack role on flank of Royals who were holding a wide sector on left of 152 Bde South of Wilhelmina Canal. The tks were quickly made use of to intimidate the enemy on Bde front. They were used in small raids and to reduce buildings occupied by enemy and from accounts by Pw struck great fear into enemy. Again the enemy were quiet and apart from a little shellfire on BEST the war was very one sided during the day. During the night 9/10 Oct enemy mortars became active. Many bearings were taken on these mortars - their posns were fixed and engaged by 4.2" mortars.

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

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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