WO 171/607 - 6 Guards Tank Brigade - July 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: 6th Guards Tank Brigade
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier G.L. Verney, M.V.O.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	30		The third phase of the battle started when the Air Force dropped their bombs as arranged on the third objective at about 1500 hrs. The plan to capture the third objective was to take it from the right flank by moving up 4 C.G. and 4 G.G. (in that order) down the main CAUMONT – ST. MARTIN DES BESACES rd as far as about 682511 (4 C.G.) and 680517 (4 G.G.) and then to drive due east and cut the enemy off. The infantry (2 Glasgow H. with 4 G.G. and 7 Seaforths with 4 C.G.) went down the rd riding on the Churchill Tks. After slight opposition at LA MORACHESSES LES MARES (6853) 4 C.G. arrived in the three hundred ring contour of the objective at 2100 hrs having got far ahead of the infantry. By 2200 hrs 4 C.G. reported objective in our hands. 3 S.G. had suffered some Tk cas from S.P. (?) guns to the S.E. as well as from mortar fire on their exposed left flank. It was most unfortunate that 43 Div made such slow progress as otherwise these casualties would probably not have occurred. Casulaties to personnel and tks were as follows:-

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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