WO 171/854 - Inns of Court Regiment - 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: Inns of Court Regt, RAC
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.A.G. Bingley

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	31		The west bank of the R. MAAS was held by forward patrols, provided by two Squadrons in rotation, the remaining two Squadrons being located a short distance in rear as a tactical reserve. By day Armoured Car patrols were maintained in each village with O.Ps in church towers, windmills and convents. By night these patrols were withdrawn behind the railway line about 1,000 yards back from the river and the villages became “No Man’s Land" in which both sides patrolled, the Germans coming over the river by boat to steal food or renew amorous connections (occasionally the bolder spirits, unable to break off their amorous connections before first light, were caught by the incoming morning Armoured car patrols) (“with their trousers down"). Spasmodic shelling of the villages carried out by the Germans, but our superiority in artillery enabled us to "give back two for every one” at enemy positions, which were early pin-pointed by our O.Ps.; during the first two weeks Regimental officers acted as O.Ps. for the artillery.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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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