| 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: 13th (HAC) Regiment, RHA | ||
| Month and Year: April 1945 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col R.B.T. Daniell, DSO, RHA |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Armd Bde gosss through, across canal and on to TECKLENBURG, where leading Regt Gp held up for 3 or 4 hrs by opp typical of what we were to encounter in every other village or bottleneck for the next 16 days - determined inf of coy strenght and upwards armed with such arms, MGs and bazookas (or panzerfausts) with sometimes a tk or SP gun in sp. Gunner problem was how to give quick close sp without slowing-up or interfering with the clearing up. Usually tackled by preliminary concs by the leading bty, often stopped up by the second bty and sometimes by the Med Bty, on each village, immediatly ahead of the adv before own tps got to it. Then according to the situation and the nature of the ground it was decided between the Armd Regt Comd and the BC wether there would be a fire plan in sp of his entry and assault. Very often there was not, because the entry was taken in the stride of the adv, in which case the arty sp was given by tks firing HE. Sm was rarely used. In the village itself there were usually one or two pin-point or tp tgts taken on by the leading F.O.O. TECKLENBURG eventually cleared after several hours hard fighting. Adv continued until last light. 2 hrs rest and then on through the night (3 R Tks and KSLI leading) to |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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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