| 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holland | 28 | Regt still in area ST. ANTHONIS. At 0700hrs 'A' Sqn were ordered to move through BOXMEER and investigate the situation in area SAMBEEK - VORTUM. This turned out to be much the same as it had been 2 days before. Only a few enemy still remained in SAMBEEK but VORTUM and the road running South West from it through MULLEM was strongly held by A/Tk and other weapons. One tk of 2nd Tp was hit but not penetrated by an 88mm on the road beside the rly about 774372. The Sqn was then withdrawn to the line of the cutting just South of SAMBEEK and remained in posn there for the rest of the day during which they were fairly heavily shelled at intervals and no. 7904434 Sgt Peachey E and no. 7904808 L/C Simmonds B were wounded. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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