| 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 |
| Unit: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | On the 5th October the evacuation was speeded up considerably and 12,500 came through making a total of 18,500 evacuees altogether. All the evacuees came over the canal at GRANDE MILLE BRUGGE. As a result of one of the bridges on the German side collapsing the German Commander asked for an extension of the truce and en extension until 1000 hours 6th October was granted in order to give the Germans time to repair the bridge. |
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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