WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment - August 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt
Month and Year: August 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt-Col. D.L.A. Gibbs, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6		At 1600 hours a very heavy concentration of enemy artillery, mortars and nebelwerfers was put down on the Bn area for about twenty minutes. During this time large numbers of German Infantry and some tanks were seen concentrating on the ridge, moving down to attack the Bn positions. Very heavy defensive fire was immediately brought down by 27 Fd Regt and 29 Armd Bde Arty and the attacking Germans sustained very heavy casualties, but some infantry and two tanks penetrated into 'B' Coy's position, where they were held by 'C' Coy. The enemy continued to try and press home its attack round the flanks for about four hours but were heavily shelled and engaged by our own tanks and eventually withdrew in complete disorder. It was learnt afterwards from Prisoners that this was part of a Bde counter-attack by 9 SS Div.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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