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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
Holland	23		Another very wet day. Country becoming increasingly wet and boggy. RHQ, "B' & 'C' Sqns did not move from their locations of the previous night. The road to AMERICA was opened in the course of the morning Part of Recce Tp under Lt. K.F. Butler were then moved down to AMERICA and up to the X tracks 773195 and Westwards up the track from here to ensure this track was clear of mines and enable tks of 'A' Sqn which were movable, to move out this way. Three belts of R mines and A.P. mines were found across this track and a considerable number of R mines were moved by Recce in order to clear a passage for the tks. Six tks of 'A' Sqn managed to get out through this and down into AMERICA late in the afternoon. The crews of the remaining tks were also moved to AMERICA on their feet to join these, and their tks left. All of these except 3rd Tp, were still bogged and 3rd Tp were unable to move out as the track in front of them was not yet clear of mines.

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

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