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1944-04-21
Regiment 1st Royal Berkshire
Location RAIPUR, Burma
Entry At daylight snipers became very active up to 0900 1 BOR killed Cpl Almeida Pioneers, 1 B.O. Capt Whitfield wounded and 6 B.O.R. wounded. 0850. A Coy killed one JAP sniper as did D Coy but it was impossible to get in the bodies. At 1630 A/C dropped water. In the afternoon sniper activity decreased to a minimum and by stand down all was quiet. The night was extremely quiet the only enemy activity being A & M.T. movement in the village area - arty fire produced considerable amount of shouting. Notes: Water dropping not very accurate, reported in SITREP