| 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: 1st Bn The Herefordshire Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. G.R. Turner Cain. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1615 | 29 Armd Bde attacked and captured BRAS.061632 and HUBERT-FOLIE 066622. 159 Inf Bde followed up attack to take over from the armour, and mop up. Objectives - Mons, BRAS -4KSLI. HUBBERT-FOLIE -1 Hfds. reverse slope at 067632Order of March, 3 Mons, 4 KSLI, 1 Hfds. Bn attained objective at last light but their was insufficient time to co-ordinate defences of pivot posn before dark. It was very difficult ground on which to read a map, consisting of large open wheat-fields with few landmarks, and no fences. It was impossible to find one's way round the Bn posns after dark, even Coy Comd lost themselves in their Coy areas. During the advance a certain amount of trouble was experienced from LMGs on the left flank from the area of SOLIERS 0862.SOLIERS was reported in our hands and wether the Bn was fired on by the occupants of SOLIERS or by enemy still in its vicinity was never determined. Fwd posns were in hedged fields and copses marked on map, and consequently came in for considerable enemy D.F.fire. In this matter we were lucky being 500 yds down the reverse slope and were little troubled by mortars. |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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