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Locn of RHQ 217 374 |
| UDENHOUT |
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Locn of 53 Bty 364 475 |
| sHERTOGENBOSCH |
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Locn of 54 Bty 196 368 |
| UDENHOUT area |
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Locn of Z tp 182 378 |
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Locn of 12 Corps S rg tp |
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53 Bty night 31/1 |
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F sp - very little to report - front quiet |
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S rg - quiet night - L 29 272 538 engaged
Scale 3 - recorder requires |
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attention |
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Day 1 |
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F sp - C post redeployed at 324 460 - all
posts watching given areas for |
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gen int - single brgs 10 - gen int messages 3 |
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S rg - a quiet day - one explosion plotted at
293 607 - probably demolition |
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of bridge |
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54 Bty |
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night 31/1 |
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F sp - NTR - visibility 500x - 1000x
during night |
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S rg - 5 HBs ( average acc B) no activity
after 0030hrs |
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Day 1 |
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F sp - visibility poor until 1200 hrs
increased then to 15000x - main base |
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produced 1 sound brg - "A" post
s/base was confronted with 2 SP guns at |
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6000x range endeavouring to remove
their ch tower (WAALWIJK 1546) - a |
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hasty map spot was suitable stonked by CBO
with good results |
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S rg - fair amount of HF in fwd areas
resulting in 26 locations |
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0800 |
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Z tp - E section moved to HELVOIRT 268 396 |
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1100 |
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R/C est, see deployed - BPs fixed for 72 Med
Regt - 23 Hy Bty - 25 Hy Bty - |
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127 Fd Regt - 59 Med Regt - 128 Fd Regt |
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1600 |
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Tp HQ moved to 266378 |
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53 Bty night 1/2 Nov |
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Fsp - NTR - extremely quiet night
- single brgs 4 |
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S rg- one location obtained - activity
practically nil |
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Day 2 |
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F sp - all posts reeling in wire - base
withdrawn and concentrated in tp HQ |
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area |
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S rg - enemy activity slight - 2 locations -
explosions between 1636 -1640 |
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at 362 540 - smoke screen on bgs 05 and 325o
at 4000m |
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Movement order for 53 Bty for 3 Nov |
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F sp to move at 0700hrs - S rg at 0500 - Bty
HQ 0900 hrs and will proceed |
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to 494 880 where Svy R/C is established
temporarily - route : sHERTOGENBOSCH |
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- EINDHOVEN - GELDROP- HEEZE - MARHEEZE -
HAMONT - LILLE St HUBERT - CAULILLE |
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- BOCHOLT - dp 494880 - all bases closed down
at dusk tonight |
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54 Bty - night 1/2 |
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F sp - NTR - activity appeared to be nil on
"island" |
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S rg - activity slight up to midnight -
afterwards extremely quiet - HBs |
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Day 2 |
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F sp - all posts of L/Base manned from 1200hrs
- as soon as visibility was |
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over 3000x |
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Much enemy inf mov area 169 503 - two enemy
gun limbers in this area with |
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two possible inf guns heavily cam in vicinity
- CBO informed and promised |
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to bombard when guns available - no action by
1730hrs |
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S rg - new base in action 5 and 1 on wire - AP
"P" in and "Q" moving in - |
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gen line of base M1 1841 4209 - M5 1219 -4599
AP1 1824 4469 AP2 |
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1487 4461 |
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Activity in PRANG base almost nil - no plots
due to own gun activity - |
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line laid to radar |
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0800 |
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Z tp - E sec rejoined tp |
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53 Bty night 2/3 |
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Locations : Bty HQ 575 899 |
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D tp 619 876 |
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X tp 494 880 |
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Y tp 494 878 |
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S rg - base - M1 643 876 - M5 608 948 - AP
"U" 619 876 - survey of mics 1. |
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2, 3, 4 completed |
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Z tp dealing with BP areas 6091 6249 6489 |
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54 Bty night 2/3 |
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F sp - again a very quiet night - 4 sound bgs |
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S rg - slight activity resulting in 3 HBs
being located (acc B) - no |
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shelling reported since 0016 hrs |
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Day 3 |
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F sp - little to report - 88 mm probably in
the VLIJMEN area shelled the |
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area of B post 313 427 this afternoon - 20 rds
in all - no mov or activity |
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observed in the "island" - on the W
sector minor mov and activity was |
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observed by "A" post on both manks of the MAAS between DROUGELEN
1449 and |
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HEUSDEN Br 1952 where a smoke screen was
observed at 1345 - visibility |
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closed in 1500hrs |
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S rg - no locations - only 5 sound brgs
reported - 15cwt wireless truck |
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destroyed by mine at 171 447 when delivering
rations to AP "P" - casualties |
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- one killed ( Pte James V, ACC, 545 276) |
| MOLENSTRAAT |
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0830 |
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Z tp moved to new location 499873 BOCHOLT |
| BOCHOLT |
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R/C est - task to fix control in WEERT area -
6 BPs fixed today |
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53 Bty night 3/4 |
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F sp - NTR |
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S rg - no evidence of enemy guns being fired
on front covered by AP "U" |
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base innaction on 5 mics and
AP"U" - night quiet |
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Day 4 |
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S rg - little to report - not sufficient
evidence yet to form opinion st to |
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gun areas - HBs located 2 in S half of sq 7384 |
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night 3/4 |
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F sp - NTR |
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S rg - very quiet - 1 HB and a few sound bgs |
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Day 4 |
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F sp I visibility 15000 - HBs 2 acc A -
several Int messages concerning |
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activity in area HEUSDEN br passed to 51 (H)
Div |
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S rg - lines to AP "P" - Mic 1 and A
post out by shelling, probably all at |
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same place - adverse wind interfered and only
one locn obtained. The |
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attack on this front across the AFTWATERINGS
canal went in on time |
| BOCHOLT |
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Z tp - F sec est fwd R/C at 598874 -
(MOLENBEERSEL) - BPs fixed 8 |
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53 Bty |
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night 4/5 |
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F sp - NTR |
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S rg - both bases in action - little activity
which was much to the flank |
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so no plot could be obtained - V1 passed
overhead at 0505hrs moving in a |
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NW direction |
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Day 5 |
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S rg - slight activity on misc bearings - met
conditions unsuitable - high |
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gusty wind - disturbances on films obliterates
gun breaks |
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54 Bty |
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night 4/5 |
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F sp - slight activity during night - HBs 2 |
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S rg - met conditions still unsuitable -
adverse wind 25 fps |
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HBs - nil - 17 sound bearings |
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Day 5 |
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The greater part of the "island" is
now in our hands with mopping up in |
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progress - little opposn has been encountered
during the day - DRUNEN |
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ch twr 2046 has collapsed and HEUSDEN br 1952
was blown ( 2 spans) at |
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2355 last night |
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F sp - NTR from main base - visibility
decreased to 3000x by 1700 hrs - "A" |
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post S/B - 5 Int reps concerning inf mov |
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Srg - no results due to high adverse wind |
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Z tp - in fwd R/C est at MOLENBEERSEL 598 874 |
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2 BPs fixed and S rg bae 5 mics E of WEERT |
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53 Bty |
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night 5/6 |
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Srg - enemy activity very slight - several rds
fired into araea NW of V - |
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gun was located at 678 972 - met conditions
unfavourable at first but have |
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improved a littlr during the night - both
bases in action |
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53 Bty |
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day 6 -NTR |
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54 Bty |
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night 5/6 |
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F sp - one HB located during the night - very
little activity |
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S rg - base out of action 1900 - 2400 due to
unfavourable meteor - HBs |
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located nil - lines blown down by high wind -
maintenance parties out at |
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first light |
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day 6 |
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F sp - long base NTR - S/base "I"
reps concerning enemy inf activity area |
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EETHEN 1451 - Enemy OP reported and engaged
very accurately by mediums |
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through CBO |
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S rg - very little activity - 2 HBs of acc B |
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Z tp - BPs fixed - 4 |
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53 Bty |
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night 6/7 |
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S rg - slight activity mainly on bearing 70o
far and 140o far from "U" |
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considerable activity between 062135A and
062205A - flares dropped from |
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aircraft - large sky flashes were observed 35o
from "U" AP - 2231 V1 passed |
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over |
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Day 7 |
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F sp - HBs 1, acc B - int messages 27. Line
being laid to 12 Corps - S |
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rg tp - also line to regt but not yet in comn |
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S rg - enemy activity extremely slight - AP1
stood down at 1130 hrs on account of |
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strong adverse wind - OC "C" tp
taking over at 080900A |
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54 Bty night 6/7 - all bases out of action -
moving at first light |
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Day 7 |
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Bty HQ moved to area WEERT - location 586 978 |
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F sp - location same area 589 985 |
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Svy - location 575 982 |
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S rg - at 610 881 - under cover for night 7/8
Nov - taking over bases from S |
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rg tp tp 53 Bty 080900A |
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RHQ moved to new location 567 975 - arrived at
1115 hrs |
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Z tp - BPs fixed, 4 |
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E sec R/C ast at BOSHOVEN 565 973 - BPs fixed
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53 Bty |
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night 7/8 |
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F sp - little activity during night - 2 HBs
located, accs "A" and "B" |
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S rg - met conditions unfavourable until
0110hrs - no HBs located |
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Day 8 |
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F sp - visibility poor during the day -
"B" "C" "D" posts in l/base - "A" "E" |
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and "D" posts in single OP role - 16
Int messages |
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S rg - bases taken over - HBs 2 - enemy
activity almost nil |
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54 Bty - night 7/8 Nov |
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No bases in action |
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Day 8 |
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F sp - OSPEL ch 6301 investigated with mine
detector - single binocular |
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OP est - NENERWEERT ch 6100 cleared of enemy
shells and binocular OP est |
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- Int reps 5 |
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S rg - base in action - general line M1 643
013 to 656 057 - mics 1, 2, 3, |
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4 surveyed and wired - M5 position not
approached and mic is now in temp |
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posn in area of base at 663 043 -
"D" S rg tp now under command of 54 Bty |
| WEERT |
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S rg HQ 586 977 - no move expected |
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Z tp - BPs fixed - 9 |
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RHQ moved to flour mill in WEERT |
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53 Bty night 8/9 |
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F sp - NTR - 28 single brgs during the night |
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S rg - night exceptionally quiet - 1 HB
located |
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day 9 |
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F sp - HBs 2 - passed to CMO - int messages 25 |
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S rg - met conditions unfavourable - slight
enemy activity during day - no |
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HBs located |
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54 Bty 8/9 |
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F sp - not in action during the night |
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S rg - slight activity - 3 HBs located |
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day 9 |
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F sp - 2 HBs located by OP at NEDERWEERT ch -
15cwt of this op sustained |
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superficial damage due to shrapnel |
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S rg - some gun activity between 0700 and 1700
hrs on bearings between |
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50o and 65o from
"U" AP - mic 6 recced and surveyed at 661 073 |
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Z tp - BPs issued to 59 Hy, 67 Med, 3 S Hy, 72
Med and 107 HAA regts |
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53 Bty night 9/10 |
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F sp - generally quiet night - HBs located 1 -
VEESUM report at 05.28 hrs - line |
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to 12 Corps S rg tp destroyed by tanks - party
out repairing |
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S rg - enemy activity slight during the night
- locations obtained - 4 HBs |
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Day 10 |
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F sp - "B" "C" and
"D" on l/base - general obs has been carried out by |
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D2 and A posts - little to report - single
bearings ( mortar ) 2. Single |
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bearings HB 6 - Int reps 34 |
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S rg - trouble with lines due to various
causes, mainly earthing caused by |
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water. Radio to "Q" AP not reliable
due to interference - HBs located 4 |
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and 16 sound bearings - base extended to M6
638909 M7 642924 |
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54 Bty |
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night 9/10 |
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F sp - not in action |
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S rg - chief activity on bearing 50 from
"U" AP - 2 HBs located ( acc B ) |
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Tp HQ moving to 628029 today |
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Day 10 |
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F sp - general infm during day concerning inf
activity, ambulances, horses |
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and suspect OP - casualty suffered Gnr
Marshall treading on Schumine |
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serious injuries to foot and leg |
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S rg - new HQ est - M6 now wired and surveyed
- HBs located 5 - general |
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accuracy B - L bdr Backshall sustained slight
injury due to Schumine laid |
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in bottom of ditch in area of new HQ - civ
casualties in same area later |
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in day due to mine also in ditch - some
shelling in area of new HQ |
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Z tp - R/C est at 561964 - checked line by
astro for following regts - |
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67 Med, 145 Fd, 59 Hy, 72 Med, 3 S Hy, 185 Fd,
13 Med, 69 Fd - bearings |
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checked to 3. 0. 6. 2. 1. 4. 0 and 5 minutes
respectively |
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53 Bty |
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night 10/11 |
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F sp - very quiet night - 13 single bearings |
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S rg - very little to report - HBs located 3 |
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day 11 |
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F sp - A and D2 posts withdrawn to this
location for night - B2 withdrawn |
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and manning long base tonight |
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S rg - in action on both bases - 4 HBs located
and 1 HB reported active |
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54 bty |
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night 10/11 |
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F sp - NTR |
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S rg - no activity after 101800A - mics 1 and
4 out of action - maintenance |
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at first light - 1 HB located |
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Day 11 |
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Increased arty activity during the day - HF on
fwd localities |
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S rg produced 51 sound bearings between 0810
and 1506 hrs - half coming |
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from the MEIJEL area and half from the wooded
area whose centre is 7200 |
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- concs seem to have been mainly small - 3 or
4 rds, but the quick |
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reaction to any daylight movement by our own
tps in the eastern fwd |
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localities indicates that the enemy has good
obs on these areas |
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F so produced one HB, 2 suspect mortar posns
and minor movement. |
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S rg - HB L 15 was engaged privately by 126 Fd
whose FOO is at AP "U" |
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S rg located 4 HBs , acc low |
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Z tp - NTR |
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53 Bty |
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night 11/12 |
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F sp - visibility poor - little to report -
HBs located 1 - single bearings |
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S rg - slight enemt activity during the night
- 4 HBs located |
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Day 12 |
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S rg - great difficulty in maintaining lines -
tracks practically |
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impassable - locations obtained - 2 HBs, 1
active |
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54 Bty |
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night 11/12 |
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S rg - fairly active night - many sound
bearings 50o to 60o from "U" AP, |
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mic 1 line dis - HBs located 13 (acc C) and 2
activity reports |
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day 12 |
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A fairly quiet day - only small concentrations
arriving this end - 1 HB |
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produced today |
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F sp |
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1 HB located and 1 HB reported active |
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S rg - NTR |
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Svy - 3 BPs provided in projected 59 AGRA area
- rep centre at 575 982 |
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53 Bty |
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night 12/13 |
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F sp - extremely quiet night - 1 HB and 4
single bearings |
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S rg - slight activity between 0300 - 0320 -
no locations obtained - met |
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conditions unfavourable |
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Day 13 |
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F sp - single OPs withdrawn for the night |
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B2 OP reverting to 1/base - visibility poor,
results - single bearing 7, |
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intelligence, 15 reps |
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S rg - films not yielding results owing to
insensitivity of lines due to |
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bad earthing of sodden lines - tracks to mics
practically unusable |
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except to half - tracks and jeeps |
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12/13 |
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54 Bty |
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night 12/13 |
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F sp - NTR |
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S rg - intermittent activity during the night,
chiefly on left flank 55o |
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to 65 from "U" AP - HBs located 3
and 4 Act reports |
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Day 13 |
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considerably increased enemy activity |
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F sp - visibility poor during day - a number
of single bearings obtained |
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S rg - HBs located 13 (gen acc B), 6 Activity
reports - 1 fatal casualty |
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at 1400 hrs - 1076339 Gnr Baughurst WJ, shell
spinters from a 150mm or |
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170mm - diam of crater 6' 0" depth 4'
0" |
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13/14 |
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53 Bty |
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night 13/14 |
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F sp- NTR |
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S rg - very slight enemy activity during night
- 1 HB located |
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14 |
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day 14 |
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F sp - single OPs in action - intelligence 12
messages, single bearings 9 |
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1 HB |
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S rg - considerable activity during the day -
HBs located 7 "Q" AP |
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shelled during the afternoon - most of the
technical equip salvaged, some |
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personal equip lost when barn caught fire |
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14 |
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AP remains same location - lines constantly
cut by tanks |
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13/14 |
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54 Bty |
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night 13/14 |
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Little enemy activity - S rg NTR - suspect
demobilisation of bridge at |
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710040 |
| WEERT |
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Day 14 |
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Op "Mallard" commenced 1600hrs -
there was no visible enemy gun activity |
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until 1700 hrs when general areas of WAATSKAMP
6401 and S rg HQ were |
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shelled - previous to the Op S rg reported
little activity |
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F sp - visibility poor throughout day - often
below 3000 m - 1 HB located |
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S rg - HBs located 3 , gen acc B ; possible
move for Bty HQ to gen area |
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6695 |
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14/15 |
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53 Bty |
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night 14/15 |
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F sp - little to report during the night - 8
single bearings - base to close |
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down at 0630 hrs and recce to stand by for
move fwd |
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S rg - no activity since 2300hrs - 1 HB
located |
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15 |
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day 15 |
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Little opposition by enemy - F sp not in
action - prepared to move |
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S rg - south base in action - 6 mics and
"Q" AP - HBs 4 and 16 sound |
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bearings |
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14/15 |
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54 Bty |
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night 14/15 |
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S rg - slight enemy activity - 7 HBs located -
base in action on 4 mics |
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and 1 AP - maintenance of remainder at first
light |
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15 |
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day 15 |
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51 (H) made good progress today |
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F sp - B and D posts manned until 1215 hrs -
recce ready to move first |
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light - rest of tp at one hour's notice |
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S rg - little activity since 1330 hrs except
very distant guns which refused |
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locn - HBs 2 |
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Svy - fwd rep centre at 660959 - BPs completed
for 126 Fd, 127 Fd, 128 Fd, |
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6 Fd, 13 Med, HEIJTHUIZEN church 719961
disappeared this afternoon before |
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the startled gaze of OC "Y" tp -
possible demolition. |
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53 Bty |
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night 15/16 |
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S rg - little activity - HBs located 3 |
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Day 16 |
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Own tps in BAEXEM and ELAN - Div HQ recceing
new positions ZWARTBROEK for |
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later occupation |
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S rg -recce of new base proceeding - locations
obtained - 1 HB. Bty HQ now |
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at 625951 - F sp HQ 727917 - Svy 670944 moving
to 702943 |
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15/16 |
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54 Bty |
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night 15/16 |
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Only slight activity during night |
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S rg - 5 HBs located - chief activity 105o
to 135o from "U" AP |
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16 |
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Day 16 |
| HEIJTHIZEN |
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The adv continues without opposn |
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F sp - recce completed of area ROGGEL 7397 N
to 725001 but nothing suit- |
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able for OPs tp concentrated area of present
HQ 589 985 |
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S rg recceof HEIJTHUIJZEN base completed less
mics 1 and 4. M2 - |
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725964 - M6 706020. Lines 2 and 3 have been
laid - svy of 2 and 3 in |
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progress |
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Bty H * now est at 713 963 |
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svy - Regts of 51 (H) fixed up with data - fwd
r/c opened ar 713961 |
| BOSHOVEN |
16 |
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Z tp moved to new location 661950 KELPEN |
| KELPEN |
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F section R/C est - section deployed to fix
control in proposed 9 AGRA |
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area |
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1800 |
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Mikes 2 and 3 of S rg fixed and data issued |
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16/17 |
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53 Bty night 16/17 |
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S rg - activity nil - no activity reported
since 1800hrs |
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17 |
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day 17 |
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F sp - OPs at "B" post 753914
"C" post 724898 (provisional) "D" post |
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756941 - "A" post not deployed - Tp
HQ last reported at HAELEN |
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758 946 but believed to be moving towards
ROGGEL |
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S rg - in action on new base M1 722912 M4
745951 AP 751922. S base |
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now withdrawn and remainder of tp moving to
area of new base |
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16/17 |
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54 Bty night 16/17 |
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Very Quiet night - slight activity reported by
D tp but nothing |
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located |
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17 |
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day 17 |
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Area SW of UITWATERINGS canal now cleared up |
| 729992 |
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F sp - to moved to new locn - recce completed
in areas 7699 - 7302 - |
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7501 but not suitable as tress not high enough
for obs from towers - |
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possible to erect platform in tree at 753012 -
tp not in action |
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tonight |
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S rg - new ROLIGHT base in action 1315 hrs on
5 and 1 - Mics and AP |
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"V" now wired - M1 M2 M3 surveyed
rest of base on map fix - 2 locns |
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obtaines on old base |
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Svy - all regts 59 AGRA and 51 (H) survey
completed - bad weather |
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resulted in survey of S rg base and part of 49
Div not being |
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completed |
| KELPEN |
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Z tp moved to HEIJTHUIJZEN 721955 - BPs issued
to 107 Med 13 Med 11, |
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10, 9 Med Regts |
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RHQ moved to new location 708965 |
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17/18 |
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53 Bty - night 17/18 |
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F sp - OPs deployed at 753914 "B" -
724898 - 756 941 D - HQ est 759945 - |
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"A" post in reserve |
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Slight activity up to 0400hrs - "B"
post building hit by shells at |
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2200 hrs - results - 2 HBs ("A" and
"B" acc) |
| 724953 |
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S rg - MOLENBEERSEL base closed at 2000 hrs.
No locations on present |
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base - general line of base M1 721912 to
745951 - AP "P" 750921 |
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18 |
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day 18 |
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F sp - base checked on three pts - (!)
ROERMOND spire 779897 (2) water tower |