| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | A foggy morning turned into a lovely day. Regt moved fwd from br hd at 0600hrs. Order of march:- 'A' Sqn Royals, 'A' Sqn, RHQ, Recce, Bty 86 Fd Regt, A1 Ech, A Ech. 'C' Sqn and 'B' Sqn joined in in front of the Bty as we passed, then going Northwards up the road. Reached EINDHOVEN about 1000hrs where 'A' Sqn and 'A' Sqn The Royals quickly made contact with 506 US Para Regt and came under their comd. Remainder contd adv to ZON which they reached about 1100hrs and concentrated in area 437273. Bty 86 Fd Regt deployed in this area and Regt moved Westwards to operate with American Airborne Troops already in this area. First action was an attack on strong enemy positions on the Northern bank of the canal about 393253. This was carried out as follows:- American Inf were held up along Southern edge of wood 393255, 'B' Sqn adv down Western edge of this wood and then turned in a South Easterly direction towards the objective down the East side of the main road. Meantime 'C' Sqn adv further West across the main road about 383262 and then turned South down the West side of the main road protecting the right flank of 'B' Sqn. A large number of enemy with a number a guns of various sorts were encountered in all this area and BEST 3726 appeared to be very strongly held. The attack was entirely successful, a large amount of enemy equipment was destroyed, a considerable number of enemy killed and about 500 prisoners taken. In this operation 'B' Sqn had 1 tk knocked out by a 75mm A/Tk gun on the main road about 387254 and no 7906973 Sgt Fox M and his operator no. 3607388 Tpr Bratt R were killed and no. 14297273 Tpr Johnston J was wounded. 'B' Sqn were left to clear up this area on both sides of the main road with the American Inf while 'C' Sqn turned Northwards to clear a strip about 1500 yds wide to the East of the road running Northwards to ST OEDENRODE 4231. Considerable opposition was encountered in the area of the X rds 378267 and along the track running East from here. A number of guns of various sizes were destroyed and the adv was proceeding slowly Northwards when orders were received to brake off this action and move rapidly Eastwards to repel a threat from the East to the canal bridge South of ZON 4425. In this action no. 4617450 Cpl Hartley F had his tk hit by a Bazooka just South of the X rds 3726 and Cpl Hartley himself, no. 14433271 Tpr Davis L, no. 14429897 Tpr Richards T and no. 14313079 Tpr Sutherland J were killed. No. 557187 Sgt Hollis M and no. 7908533 Sgt Gibson F were wounded in this action and Sgt Hollis's operator no. 14429899 Tpr Morgon E was killed. The threat to the bridge did not materialise and as darkness fell the Regt harboured and replenished in the area 437273 where it had concentrated in the morning. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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