| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | N.T.R. on our own front. Further South small local advs are made against stiff opposition. Ninth U.S. Army fighting hard to clear the Western bank of the R. ROER and Third U.S. Army are meeting increasing resistance in the area of their brheads over the R. SAAR. The process of clearing the ALSACE plain by the Seventh and First French Armies continues but the Germans still hold COLMAR. The improvement in the weather has enabled our airforce to operate again and heavy attacks have been made mainly against oil and industrial targets in the RUHR the SAAR areas. Fair. Dull. |
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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