| Regiment | 10th Royal Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Location | CALABRITTO, ITALY |
| Entry | At 0045 C Coy obs enemy digging: conc. brought on D.F. Jane subs. harassing fire. 0530: Supply op complete: casualty 1 Carrier ditched. 0730: Intense Neblewerfer & shelling Bn HQ 1000 - 1200: C Coy control Arty fire on enemy. 1325: Heavy shelling Bn Area. 1800: C Coy call for D.F.'s. Large nos. of enemy caught in fire. 1900: Coy supplied by Carrier with fighting patrol protecting: no incident. C.O. visits C Coy and finds situation completely dominated by them 2300: A Coy sends patrol to contact 2 S.G. on Pt 727 __________________________________________________ Sheet 76: Appendix J20: Serial 51: Date 13 Nov: Time 0040: Unit 146: Informant OP: Through Div that they had seen 200 GERMANS 150 yds NORTH of CALABRITTO. This confirms our report of 1650 hrs 12 Nov Serial 52: Date 13 Nov: Time 0545: Unit 201 Bde: Informant P: Pt 615 clear of enemy but pt 819 still held by enemy Serial 53: Date 13 Nov: Time 0625: Unit 10 RB: Report CALABRITTO clear of enemy Serial 54: Date 13 Nov: Time 0630: Unit 10 RB: Report enemy digging in on fwd slopes of pt. 352. C Coy say 15 men by day and more by night Serial 55: Date 13 Nov: Time 1150: Unit 10 RB: Enemy moved from posn. 944052. Present posn 941053-943060 Sheet 77: Serial 56: Date 13 Nov: Time 1310: Unit 10 RB: Enemy not in CALABRITTO but moving about in small parties NW, WEST and SOUTH of village Serial 57: Date 13 Nov: Time 1525: Unit LIR: Informant OP: 1500 hrs 6 demolitions seen in area 8908 Serial 58: Date 13 Nov: Time 2145: Unit 10 RB: Informant P: Report discovered two spandaus posns. Well dug. One on SOUTH side and one on NORTH side of rd at 950050, Posns occupied by NIGHT and vacated by day. Come up by covered approach. Posns comd our own posns and the rd. Sniper at 945047 |
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