| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | A foggy morning, fog hung about all day and visibility very bad. Sqns moved out at first light into posns they had been in the previous evening. At 0900hrs Bns of 46 Bde attacked Southwards and occupied LIESSEL 6614 and the Loonsche Baan running in a North Eastly direction from this place. As soon as the objective was captured 6 KOSB passed through the two leading Bns and occupied a posn astride the road about SLOT 6713. At the same time 2 E.Yorks Regt of 3rd Div which had for some days been under command 159 Inf Bde was moved fwd into the posns vacated by 9 Cameronians in 6716. Nothing of note occurred throughout the day and at last light Sqns returned to their harbour areas in ZEILBERG. 'B' Sqn still under command 159 Inf Bde at YSSELSTEYN and had not been used. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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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