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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	4		44 Bde. less 6 R.S.F. and plus 1 Welsh Gds. were to attack the high ground round Pt. 279 (7142) and establish themselves along a line running NORTH and SOUTH down the eastern side of the wood in sqs. 7242 and 7342. Before launching this attack, it was essential that the left flank of 44 Bde. should be secure. To achieve this 6 R.S.F. (of 44 Bde) with 4th Tk. Gren. Gds. in support attacked at 2100 hours last night from area of CATHEOLLES (7044) with objective high ground in sq. 7244 and village of ARCLAIS (7244). All went well until the stream running N.E. to S.W. across sq. 7144 was encountered. Only one tp. of 4 Tk. Gren. Gds. managed to negotiate this. The Inf. however, went on without the tks. and reached their objective before dawn. The country was very marshy, hilly, and enclosed, and quite unsuitable even for Churchill tanks. At 0700 hrs. this morning 44 Bde put in their attack and reached their objective successfully by 0840 hrs.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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