| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Down this track therefore, had gone a troop of armoured cars and emerging from the forest, they discovered that the bridge over the River Ondeleure on the main road from MONT BERTROND to LE BENY BOCAGE was also unprotected and promptly seized it. Two hours later they were joined by a troop of tanks from 2 N Yeo who had made their way through the forest only after overcoming the opposition of two German SP guns. This force held the vital bridge for the next six hours by which time it had been decided to push the entire division over it and the leading tanks of 29 Brigade Group had arrived on this mission. |
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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