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D Coy move to the factory area, K of 0 now occupy their former H ~. An Ensa party showing in town today, the us.ua:1 quota of tps being granted a pass and tpt

to attend. Also an officers shop was opened in Campobasso today.

Brig Gibson requested -that a Bde sports program be drawn up to include trg. Band of the R T R gave a concert this area.

Lieut R E Cam.pbell and the Bn I 'Sec attend a: three day I course at H Q. 3 Cdn Inf Bde. This is to stress the importance of and to lay down a system of reporting. All Brens zeroed at range (563302). Snipers pra~tise same area in the afternoon.

4 E F I stores drawn and- issued-·today. Victory bonds value of $2T;6oo have now been subscrib for vdthin the unit. Cdn tps in Italy have now topped the million dollar mark .set for the Div and attached.

1330 Lt Col M P Bogert attended an 0 Gp at Bde H ~. ... .

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5 · 1115 Bn parade at which Brig Gibson- expressed ·hisr ·pleasure at being given oomd 3 Cdn In:f Bd.e.

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He also pointed out the importance of maintaining good military discipline while in this rest area. Following this all unit officers and brig Gibson had tea at the C Os quarters.

Orders received West -·N 'S R be prepared to move to Carovilli 2445. \Y 1300 Bn 0 Gp at vmieh warning order is passed on. Also a pribgrrun of patrol trg as laid down by .

Brig Gibson: is discus::n~d. · · 0 0

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i i C.AMPOBi'-BSO 7 /084 5 ~~ Lt Col M.:P. Bogert m.nd Cat:pt :a: M Ei sew.~auer proceed by jeep to area 3 .,;,ngelo 3129, and

rom a near by high feature 3tud.i3J. tha :?.r9a o:f' ~he Jc,o ·:m :;;: uess ~~o to ·.L1ic~ .lest ~T J : ay move shortly in order to cover the deployment of arty in tJ:·~e '-'.re~ of l 'esco..lc.nci•-ano

090C J'Q.rt of Se.sl::: l. I ~u:p Gp anc_ E (:, 3 Cd.n Inf Bc1 s n t-~ e T.!.d -sc~ 1-i.' ot. ·:; : :.: ..c' c:·, pa.ra.de in this UE.i 1

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C E s repairing the demolished road-vvay between Carpinone and Sesea.no. The disease, "yellow jaundiceu is beco:ming more prevalento Prevent~tive instruGtions were issued. The Com.~:n c1L"l c; vf:~ic e r ,Lt col.M.P .Bogert li.ttended v& dinner at Hq , Ca.rleton and York R

Lt col.M. P. Bogert and Capt .B .t:.Lis e:r.hau e r go forw'iLJ'_'ci t ·:J C<'.:!.j:::L : '.0,-·.0 :n. · ,~ .:. •.:L '.•;b, t=:j·e tb_, GEI!B.··-! r ... ~lTt :: i:.\:;_\;-c : ,l e -:_: ... ~ --. t~-l~.: I' -:'~·.C_ ~ --~- : ... 1 ·:: : - :..- -::,: .:.-. _ • •• - - • •. • _ .. :__ ·.- .. .. - . = ~:.. . .: .... , _ <· .... : ....... ___ L..~ __ _ · - .:..~-. -- of 8_

I tu.n.nelling Company to make a nevv 1 .. oad.

I ~i t~e£~r~;l D~~~:;r, ~~~>rr~~~~~ ~~i ~~~~~ ~~6 ~~~· C :~ rpinone 8. ' !d d.iscus s ·~d the s i tue.tj_i)'".

I ncft" Coy left the Campoba.sso area in Transport and in the early afternoon were in

I Carpinone, where they abpt in a Railway tunnel. The wet rainy weather continuesoit should be noted that climatic conditions are now such that continual exposure will probably affect the he&lth of the tropps,unlike the warm dry weather of Sicily during the summer months. Three L.A.D.personnel on this date inspected the vehicles of West N.S.~and found the to be in a. satisfactory condition.

9 1200 11 0 11 Coy moved from Ca.rpinone to Sessano.Fi ve mules were under comrn.a.nd to assist in transporting rations and blankets ,etc.,as the road ·is still impassable for tr~nsport. The N ~rthern route via Civitanouva ~nd Torella is ~lso blocked by demolitionso

During the afternoon Sp Coy, West N. S.R. ,:provided a large working party to clean out /1,.._~~ a school in Ca.mpob&sso, under urders from .A&Q. 1 Cdn Di v o ~

10 Lt. J .H. Jones ,Sigs Of fr.~ VOOT N .s.R, succeeded in establishing wireless communication with "C" Coy at Sessano.Duento the distance a relay set was placed at Cav.rtelpetroso 9 I but · even this link wm.s not alwa ys secure.

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20 return and transport "D" Coy. Meanwhile, uAu a.nd "C" Goys would march from Pagliil.none to the S .Pietro area via Vasto Girc.rdi. HQ Coy and Bp.HQ. Would move forward later with own transport.

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0900 A recce party, Lt col M P Bogert, Capt A W Roge s and Ce.pt H M Eisenhauer, proceed to Vasto Gir~rdi where Capt Buchanan, FOB, from 1 Fd Regt jomned the pa rty. Proceeding on foot from S.Pietro station the recce party climbed the feature 1260. Coy posns were chosen, Capt H Burns having meanwhile come torward, "D" G~.nd "B 11 Goys were given [ifp LL

patrols tasks for night 20-21 as follo·w·s·: 11D11 Coy to send a patrol into Castel di r] . T Sangro and to m-ecce the river line from the town to river junction. "B" Coy patrol to cross river farther east and if possible enter the town of Rocaa Cingue Miglia. No transport was allowed west of Vasto Girardi and it was about 2200 hrs before the bn ~s in posn. BnHQ and H~ Coy remained at Vasto Girardi and Sp Coy at Carovilla to avoid congestion.

1900 Major McNeil and Capt Archibald, each vnth a Platoon Comd, Lt Conh~~n and Lt Lynch respectively, reported ~t BnHQ and were given patrol tasks to begin at first light on 21 Ho~ 43. These patrols roughly duplicated in daylight the patrols of 11 B11 and "D" Coy. ~ With effect this date, Capt W H P Da.vid becomes TO West NSR, Capt C E Bent becomes T HQ, I f B '~~· · 0 3 Cdn n Jde. ~

During the morning BnH~ and HQ Coy moved forward. The personnel were housed in the tunnel of an otherwise demolished tile factory. A Bn OP was imrn:ediately established on the high ground from which Castel di Sangro, Rocca Cingue- Miglia, Pietrofa.rsi and Roccasaro were visible. Barely was this OP ' eatabliahed.when at 1230 hrs a German patrol which had concealed itself on a rocky knoll 300 yds North W~st of the OP opened fire on a patrol from "D" Coy under Capt Dodge returning from Castel di Sangro and also on a patrol from "B" Coy UY1.der Lt Romltey, which was going out to the right of the knoll. The enemy being paratps had numerous automatic weapons but were driven from the feature with one killed.

1400 Capt Dmdge reports his patrol returned from Castel di Sangro~ The patrol had been in the town for some hour:a without incident but were fired lfln from point 1009 on ·· · returning and also from the rocky knoll as described above. 'About 1900 hrs Lt Lynbh's patrol returned having carried out a valuable recce of the river line in the Castel di Sangro area. Lt Cochran finding the river to be over 4 feet deep in the area East

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iR 22e R area at 1900 hrs. ' I •

0900 !Brigadier Gibson and Lt col Lane OC 1 Cdn Fd Regt visit HQ. West li]SR, accompanied by _Lt col M P Bogert they watched registration of arty targets from the Bn OP. Plans -

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\were made to have "B" Coy ·viJest NSR capture point 1009 leaving the Coy area. at 0100 hrs ~ l23 Nov 43. During the afternoon the G2 Corps, Capt Cotton, IO 1 Cdn Div and Capt Prince IO 3 Cdn Inf Bde, visited BriHQ. and ~tudied the ground from the BnO~. · . ·

11 B11 Coy leave Coy &rea enroute to point 1009. Vvireless communication with the OP thence by phone to BnHQ worked well until the Coy reached the road at 0330 hrs when the wireless suddenly ceased and nothing further was heard until the Goy returned at 0930 hrs. Lt Scott commanded a patrol which protected an engineer recce party looking for suitable bridgi~ places along the Sangro on West NSR front. No activity could be seen at point 1009 from the OP and at- . 0930 "B" Coy appeared immediately in front of the OP returning from that area. Here Capt Burns reported to the CO that point 1009 had been strongly held and that 11 platoon commanded by Lt Blanchard had been permitted to penetrate the enemy position which was on the top of a steep rocky knoll. This platoon was then challenged and fired upon and although strong attempts were made to .send 10 and· 12 pilis into the feature, machines guns and grenades prevented our troops from scaling the rocky slopes. It was by this time daylight and Capt Burns took advantage of a heavy fog to extricate the Coy from its rather precarious positiono Only a small part of Lt Blanchard's pl succeeded in escaping. He himself was wou..TJ.ded twice and ordered his men to leave him and return. "B 11 Coy was sent to BnE:Q. where the men would get cover in the lti'~actory tunnel to dry their clothing and rest after a very wet night. It should be noted EJxaxzxz±fxax~~J~ that all rifle coys since arrival in the S.Pietro area have been living· in ·the open and that xli:k:n:Du rainy weather still prevails. Deep snow is visible on the high ground V~ lto the Month and West. · ' _ . :

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"On Gp at BnHQ.. Lt col Bogert issued orders for an attack on pt 1009. "A" & "C" Goys and BnHQ, were to take part in the action with two dets three inch mortars from Sp Coy

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toward Pt 1009, leaving the Bn OP area at 1200 hrs, with "C" Coy leading, followed by BnHQ., with "A" Coy last. "C" Coy was to a't as a fire coy while "A" Coy attacked the rocky knoll from the right. Sask LI and mortars would keep the enemy&s head down if necessary. A preliminary arty prog2~ was arranged.

1145 Last minute details were checked at the Bn OP. 1210 The advance begins from area of OP, three inch mortars and 1-llMG mou..nted on mules as

was the 22 set of the FOO 1 Fd Regt who went fwd with the attacking force. The first part of the route was entirely dovvn hill and progress vva.s good. On crossing t'fto ~ small river ~ the enemy arty fired on the rd junc, killing one Cpl of

I Sask LI but causin~~: no ca.s.ual ties to Ylest NSR personnel. The advance toward the rocky

1 knoll was difficult, du. e to heavy mud. About 1500 hrs "C" Coy a n.d BnHQ, were a crest fioo yds East of rtThe castle" a heavy stone building atop Pt 1009. The 11MGs were sited along the ridge to fire on the castle if necessary and 3t' mortars ranged on tne knoll. 11 A" Coy on moving to the right flank came under heavy shell fire and it was decided to attack from the left. At 1630 hrs nA" Coy was in occupation of the knoll, no enemy having been encountered. ~i!ZxrThree wounded men of "Btt Coy were found in the castle, where they had survived our ovm arty fire, in cl medium concentrations. T<..vo dead from "B" Coy were found and one dead German. 11 011 Coy was meanwhilein posn about 500 yds South East of the Castle vrlth BnHQ digging in 800 yds East. As soon as darknes s prevented enemy observation, the Sask LI MGs were placed on mules and taken fwd into the castle feature. "D 11 Coy was informed by wireless to come fwd ~and relieve ~ ''A" Coy ·early the following morning. Apart from intermittent enemy shelling in the · proximity of onr posn, the night was quiet, with light rain and rather high wind. \ _ -

0500 Before first light BnHQ, and "C" coy returned to the Bn area near S Pietro, ar arranged on the previous day. Before first light non Coy and B:nHQ. were under cover of the wood It on the slopes leading to the Bn OP. It was a ling difficult climh and theBn area was not reached until about 0830 hrs. ,._,.ear the Bn OP 11 D" Coy passed BnHQ, and ne 11 Coy on the vvay to Ft 1009 to relieve "An Coy. "D" Coy had one man killed and two wounded when one member of a small patrol stepped on an S-mine near Castel di Sangro in the afternoon. Stretcher ·bearer parties were organized to bring back the wounded personnel from nr---

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! point 1009, a long, difficult carry. · ~ 'I During the afternoon Sp Coy moved from S.Pietro station to a group of buildings 400

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Sixteen men of Sp Coy leave Bn HQ to carry back t ii. e last wounded from Pt 1009. I At 1130 hrs Col, 'fhe Hon J L Ralston, Minister of National Defence, visited HQ West NSR ! accompanied by Lt Gen Crerar GOC 1 Cdn Corps and Brig T·G Gibson Comd 3 Cdn Inf Bde. I After being introduced to the BnHQ. officers and Coy Comds present by Lt col Boge!"t, 1 Col Ralston spoke to the officers of West NSR expressing appreciation of th-e work the

Unit had done. He stated that much remained to be done before the war was won and told West NSR to 11 carry on with the good work". Col Ralston, Lt Gen Crerar and Brig Gibson were then guests of Lt col Bogert at lunch,after which Col Ralston chatted informally with other ran...lcs of the Unit before departing at 1240 hrs. Lt col Bernatch z R 22e R, also met Col Ralston at HQ west NSR. · . . Meanwhile the Bn OP which had accompanied D Coy to Pt 100~ was pointing out enemy posns and movement to the arty FOO and the Sask LI 1{MGs. One target was a German Sec of in1 which was attacking a small patrol of R 22e R on the North bank of the Sangro near Rocca Cinque Miglia.. The enemy v1as dispersed and the patrol extricated. Enemy ~ arty and 8 ,l cm mortars fired on D Coy posn during the day, but no caual ties resulted. \ _ , · OP report ~ Appx 1. ·

27 0830 "D" Coy having been relieved on pt 1009 by a Coy of the KOYLI, 5 British Div, returned to

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West 15R area and was billeted near S.Pietro Station. 1730 "B" Coy augmented by the aerrier platoon of Sp Coy, moved to Agnone to relieveD Coy

Carlt & York R, who were protecting engineers working on the rd Agnone - Castiglione

0830 In expectation unat West NSR would later all move to AGNONE a recce party, consisting of the 2 i/ c, liajor Waterman; Capt H M Eisenhauer, Capt G G Taylor, and Lt R W Bullock vnth several NCOs of Sp Coy, proceeded to Agnone and determined suitable billet areas for the bn. Only one coy West NSR is now in posn on feature 1260. D Coy, today occupying the feature, sent a patrol of one Cpl and two men to contact 5 Div at br 111539 at 11~0 hr • ~

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S.PIETRO l fAt 1400 hrs and 1800 hrs a film 11 Second Chorous" v-ro.s shmvn in Sp Coy area by 5ql1£!21rixz J !Supervisor Ja.mes Losie, K of C. 1

~t 1400 hrs two planes, believed to be Spitfires 1fr VI, no markings identified, strafe 1 Sp Coy area, causing no persolli~el casualties, but damaging one a~ti tank gun a~d i several vehicles.

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I Lt col Bogert and IO attend "O" Gp at Bde HC~. Brig Gibson revealed that l Cdn Di v was to move to the Adriatic coast to replace 78 Div in 5 Corps. 78 Div is now well across the Sa.ngro river. Vvest HSR is to move to Agnone on l Dec and on to Casalbordino on I

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4 fiec 43, providi~g flank protection for the remainder of the Bde Gp from Agnone to ~astiglione befoEe joining the Bde coln.

~t 1530 hrs Lt col Bogert revealed these coming eve!lts at a Bn 11 0" Gp. Iobile Officers shop open at Vastogirardi. 2 reinforcements arrived today. Capt J W K Smel tzer is attached to BTLB'~ to assist

lthe adjt in Boards of Adjustment, Court-martial documentation, etc.

!An enemy shell, believed to be from an 88 mm dropped 50 yds from BnH~, apparently

~firing counter-battery on l Fd Regt in the vicinity. Several more shells fell during the day, especially at dusk. No· caaualties were caused ~o West NSR. 1-iajor Waterman proceeded to A.gnone to complete bi~leting arrangements. · The Bde IO Capt R D Prince visited BriHQ with latest intelligence summary.

ome concern if felt regarding the shortage of officers, the Bn is now 9 officers unde strength.

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