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
	27		News during the morning that the enemy had launched a counter attack over the canal in the area 7206 and 7012 against the 7 U.S.Armd.Div. which was responsable for holding this area. The enemy had considable initial success and succeeded in establishing br hds at both these places and captured MEIJEL 7106. Owing to this threat, Combat Gp.B. of 7 U.S.Armd.Div., which had been operating down the North side of the rly in an Easterly direction from DEURNE 6520 towards AMERICA 7716, was withdrawn Southwards to assist in holding this attack and 11 Armd.Div. was required to extend their front in a South Westerly direction over the rly. The Regt, less 'B' Sqn, was therefore ordered to stand-by to take up a posn in the area ZEILBERG 6619, 'B' Sqn remained in their posn directly under 159 Inf Bde. Sqn remained standing by throughout afternoon and evening but no actual move took place that day.

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

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