| 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: The Royal Dragoons | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | N.T.R. on our own front. Further South there is stiff fighting in the area of 30 Corps and the American XIXth. Army who are now established on the West bank of the R. ROER for a distance of about 5 miles, but have not yet entered the key towns of LINNICH, JULICH or DUREN. The American IIIrd. Army has swung NW and after a rapid advance now has a spearhead inside the REICH frontier with a frontage of several miles along the SAAR river S. of MERZIG. The Southern flank has linked up with the American VIIth. Army which, with the 1st. French Army (advancing up the West bank of the RHINE from MULHAUS) is rapidly clearing the province of ALSACE. Heavy 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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