WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - September 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: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	14		A dull wet morning after a wet night. Cleared up a little but remained dull, quite a thick mist in the morning which hung about till 1030hrs. Enemy shelled area of bridge with airburst from 2 guns to the West for 2 or 3 hours in the morning. No damage. About 0900hrs enemy put in an attack from the North, North West and West. At least 4 S.P. A/Tk guns and a number of infantry moved down from the North against the Coldstream Guards and 'C' Sqn. Certainly 3 of these SP guns were destroyed by 'C' Sqn mainly by Sgt Hollis of 2nd Tp - Lt M Roderick - who did particularly well. 'C' Sqn met and repulsed this attack and apart from the 3 SP guns killed a large number of German Infantry. Meantime 'A' Sqn in co-operation with both Coldstram and Irish Guards were engaged in somewhat confused fighting in the houses along the track LA COLONIE-343982 and in the woods 3397. They cleared up the situation along the track to their North without much difficulty, killed a large number of Germans and took about 70 prisoners. Further to the West the situation was very much more difficult. 1st Tp - Lt AM Bryce - became drawn into the thick woods supporting the Irish Guards where two of its tks broke tracks and whilst immobilised owing to this were heavily engaged by enemy bazookas and riflemen. Hollis, Leslie Ernest

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.

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