| 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: HQ 11 Armoured Division | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Major-Gen. G.P.B. Roberts DSO, MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | From now on it may confidently be asserted that the division considered its role as an independent advance rather than simply the protection of a flank. The enemy position was based on the FORET L'EVEQUE and the east and west road through ST MARTIN DES BESACES, and it was considered that we were best placed to break through this line and push south to next commanding position – the high ground east and west of LE BENY BOCAGE. So we were first to capture the important road junction of ST MARTIN itself and hand it over to 15 (S) Division then to try and find a way round or through the FORET L'EVEQUE. Instead of protection somebody else's flank, it was now hoped that someone woudl protect our own. Once again the division was sticking its neck out but this time conditions were different. The close country of which we had once been so apprehensive proved far more friendly to our tanks than the open expanses of the CAEN plain. Above all it was felt that the enemy who was now showing signs of cracking in the west might here too be overthrown by a sudden coup and an important victory might be won. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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