| 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: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | About 0700hrs the Regt moved East from the Div Centre Line at CONTY 5841 and then moved North and halted for the morning in position just North of ST. SAUFLIEU 0546 taking a number of prisoners and destroying some enemy tpt South of this place on the way. ‘B’ Sqn remained West of the river SELLE and took up a posn on the high ground about 0049 where they took a number of prisoners and destroyed some enemy equipment. In the afternoon ‘A’ & ‘B’ Sqns moved up to protect the left flank of the Div South of the river with ‘A’ Sqn on the spur about 0559 and ‘B’ Sqn on the spur about 0457. ‘C’ Sqn were moved to the right flank of the bridge head about RILON-VILLE 1462 where they remained throughout the night. Just before last light RHQ and ‘A’ & ‘B’ Sqns were moved over the river by the bridge at 0760 and took up psns facing North West on the left of 29 Armd Bde from POULAINVILLE 1163 to LONGPRE-LES-AMIENS 0761 for the night. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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