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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	19		Wireless communication became very bad and whilst withdrawing across the river to this leager, the Sqn got into some trouble owing to the appearance of the enemy Panther tk and to the mortaring and sniping which was taking place; all this being aggravated by the fact that it was the Sqns first day in action. Some tks became bogged, others shed tracks and the Sqn eventually rejoined the Regt in its leager at about 2330hrs leaving 8 tks out. 2 Scout Cars of Recce Tp also failed to come in that night and contact with them was lost. This trouble had probably been almost entirely due to “greenness" and to the difficulties of extricating an inexperienced Sqn from a position across obstacles such as rivers and railways in a failing light and with difficult wireless communication.

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

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