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
	26		A bright sunny morning.Orders were received in the morning to adjust previous nights posns and for the Regt and 4 KSLI to take over the whole of the village releasing 29 Armd Bde. 'C' Sqn were moved to posns covering the E and SE entrances into the village. 'A' Sqn remained covering the road running in from the North West and 'B' Sqn that on the South West. During the morning 'B' Sqn were ordered to investigate the situation in the area BOXMEER 7640 and the road running South East from it. They moved out followed by C.O. and two patrols of recce. BOXMEER was found to be clear of the enemy and SAMBEEK 7739 was also clear except for odd inf still in the houses.The bridge over the stream just South of SAMBEEK was found to be partially blown and the Sqn then used the minor road running out Westwards to the rly to try to adv on towards VORTUM 7837. Meantime recce patrols recce'd towards the R.Meuse to investigate various locks etc, which were seen there, looking for a possible crossing site which might be useful later on. A German Officer comd a Coy of an A/Tk Regt was captured by a patrol of recce Tp at SAMBEEK and proved a most useful source of information to higher formation. Late in the afternoon 'B' Sqn reached MULLEM 7837 but civilians reported that there was strong opposition in VORTUM and as the light was now beginning to fail they were ordered to withdraw and avoid becoming involved with these. A little earlier in the afternoon 'B' Sqn was ordered to send one Tp to the road junc 7336 and sent 3rd Tp - Lt.M.Jennings to this place. Shortly after crossing the rly 7737 this Tp located a considerable force of enemy lorries and inf to their South in the corner of the wood about 760360 and inflicted considerable destruction of these, knocking out a number of vehs and 1 S.P. A/Tk gun. At last light the whole Sqn withdrew by this road to their previous posn in ST. ANTHONIS.

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

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