| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Weather still wet, cloudy and rather warm. RHQ, 'B' and 'C' Sqns remained in the same locations. 'A' Sqn spent the day working on their bogged tks and got a certain number of them out and into AMERICA including the whole of 3rd Tp which were able to move Eastwards into AMERICA when the track was cleared of mines by the RE's. 3rd Brit.Div. started to operate further North from VENRAY on the previous day and adv in South Easterly direction from there against little opposition except mines and obstacles. The German pocket West of the MAAS was now very nearly cleared. |
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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