| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 2nd Fife & Forfar Yeo., R.A.C. | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.B.J. Scott, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | During the night the K.S.L.I. had continued the advance and at first light we pushed on with them by St Ouen Des Besaces m.r. 6652 to the high ground m.r. 655510. The enemy were strongly resisting the 29 A.B. who were on our left at St Martin Des Besaces 6750. A. Sqn. were accordingly ordered to put in an attack from the west supported by company of the Herefords. The main road was covered by anti-tank guns and the country on either side was extremely difficult due to the high banks and awkward fences.Progress was necessarily very slow, but we succeeded in knocking out the anti-tank gun and managed to get into the village.During this operation A. Sqn. lost two tanks. Enemy tanks which appeared from the South withdrew before we came into contact with them. There was some opposition on our right but our attack on this was held up for some time as the American forces were advancing in this area and it was not know at the time their exact location.Eventually a limited attack was put in on the road to clear the area in which we were going to consolidate for the night. The advance started by carrying the Herefords on the backs of tanks. As, however, we met opposition before we had gone ½ mile this was not very successful. The enemy were cleared of the area up to the x rds at 645505 and we remained there harboured for the night. Two tps under Capt. R.L. Leith of C. Sqn. were sent out to investigate the main road to see if it was possible to push further forward. They did, however run on to some mines and anti-tank guns and so returned in to the harbour area.Casualties were as follow:- 1 O.R. killed and 1 O.R. wounded. |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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