WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	3		While the attack by the US Airborne Div. was in progress recces were carried out by company commanders under some difficulty owing to this attack, to enable the battaliion to take over from the Amercan division when they were firm on the ground. The take over was further complicated owing to the fact that the battalion had to take over from three different battalions of the 85 US Airborne Div. 'B' Company were able to take over in daylight on a thickly wooded ridge immediately to the north of RIETHORST. The other companies moved up after dark to take over areas between RIETHORST and the Meuse but found the Americans still fighting to take CATERBOSCH, and it was decided that 'A', 'C'and 'D'companies should take up positions slightly in rear of the Amercan objectives. The American battalion withdrew during the night without having fully cleared the enemy out of the CATERBOSCH area. This left the battalion with 'B'company about eight-hundred yards ahead of any other unit, and the german positions to the north and east of them only one-hundred yards away, and the other three companies set back in the very open low ground between the forest and the Meuse completely overlooked by the high ground in the Reichswald forest. A few casualties were sustained during the take over. 'B'company were attacked during the night but were able to beat off the attack.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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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