WO 171/1257 - 3 Irish Guards - October 1944

Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1. and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages will be prepared in manuscript.	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Army Form C.2118
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 3rd Bn Irish Guards
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
AAM	2		At dawn a counter attack began again in some strength, this time directed from the North on to the area of No. 2 Coy. It consisted of inf, sp by tks and flamethrowers and succeeded in over-running the lefthand pl posn. This compelled No. 2 Coy to withdraw from their isolated posn to the rd parallel with No. 4 Coy at 719708. Very hy arty sp succeeded time and again in breaking up their enemy inf attacks before they were ever able to get properly under way, and by 1200 hrs the attack had proved itself a failure and the enemy were withdrawing. Another coy of 1 WG was placed under comd during the morning and positioned on the NW flank at 712705. At noon we were informed that 5 Gds Armd Bde was to be relieved by 32 Gds Bde the ensuing night, and shortly afterwards the recce parties from 5 Coldm Gds arrived to recce their new area. The hand-over was completed without much difficulty and during the early hrs of darkness, the Bn withdrew to a conc area South of NIJMEGEN br at 656556

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Fred Bolle.

Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.

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