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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	25		N.T.R. on our own front. The enemy offensive in the South continues to gain ground. We are counter-attacking with some success from LUXEMBOURG and are still pinning him down in the North. But in the centre the enemy is pushing on and is reported to have reached the R. MEUSE near DINANT. American troops, though surrounded, continue to hold BASTOGNE. Allied Air Forces have taken full advantage of the brilliant weather of the past few days - continued today - and have attacked enemy met, AFVs and aircraft with very great success. The weather continues fine, clear and very cold. But owing to the mist, locally, visibility is often limited to 4 or 5 hundred yards. All lakes and small streams are frozen over and skating is becoming popular.

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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