WO 171/840 - 1 Royal Dragoons - November 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: The Royal Dragoons
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	16		During last night an enemy patrol crossed the river and advanced to the outskirts of SAMBEEK, where it was driven off by a post manned by 63 A.Tk Regt. The patrol got away, but suffered one wounded casualty. 'B' Sqn relieved 'D' Sqn at midday. At about 1900 hrs an enemy patrol comprising 1 cpl and 6 men attacked a post manned by 63 A.Tk Regt South of CUIJK. The post engaged the patrol, hitting three and capturing the remaining three. 63 A.Tk suffered no casualties. The patrol came from 1 Coy, 202 Luftwaffe Regt, a new formation which moved recently to GENNEP. Further South the advance of 12 Corps and 8 Corps continues to make good progress. The enemy has fallen back to the line of the CANAL DE DEURNE and CANAL DE DERIVATION. HORN, about 2 miles North-West of ROERMOND, is captured by our tps who advance to within a mile of ROERMOND before nightfall. Fine, bright sunshine. No rain.

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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