The Bn left the staging area at 0635 hrs and arrived at about 1400 hrs in an area South of the MEUSE ESCAUT CANAL near LILLE ST HUBERT.

The Bn had a quick run by-passing BRUSSELS and passing through LOUVAIN a town which to those few of the Bn who were serving with the original 1st Bn during the campaign in 1940, brought back memories.

Fwd Coys were in contact with the enemy who were holding the line of the NORTH bank of the canal. The enemy however had little arty and only a few mortars so the posn was a very quiet one.