WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - 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: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	21		A first light 'A' Sqn moved fwd to posns occupied by 'C' Sqn the previous day and remained there throughout the day. A considerable amount of enemy shelling was directed into their area during the day, but no damage or casulaties were suffered. Remainder of Regt remained in same posn doing maintenance. Information was received that the Div was likely to remain fairly static in present area for some three weeks while other operations were being carried out to the West of the 2nd Army Salient into HOLLAND to clear the Southern bank of the R.SCHELDT and the area of FLUSHING and bring the port of ANTWERP into operation. The Div front was to be held during this period by the two Bde Gps. roughly in their present posns with 159 Inf Bde Gp on the right and 29 Armd Bde Gp on the left. The total period was to be devided into periods of 4 days, in each of which a part of the Bde Gp was to be holding the front line, a part further back in reserve and a part resting in DEURNE. On the following day 'C' Sqn was to move into VEULEN 7622 to support the 1st Herefords in this village. This was a somewhat isolated posn with communication to it provided by very bad roads over which wheeled vehs could scarcely pass and with enemy only about 600 yds away to the North East, East and South East. 'A' & 'B' Sqn were to move out on alternate days to the area of square 7521 to give protection out to the South. The Sqn which was not out there each day to be in Bde reserve.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.

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