| 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: 2 Lincolns | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. C.L. Firbank |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Crossing to be on 2 Bn front with Lincolns right and 2 RUR left, KOSB to be in reserve, giving support from south bank of canal and applying 50 men to help each fwd Bn in launching and erecting boats. Each fwd Bn to erect a Class V raft and a Div. Engineer to erect a Class IX bridge and a Class 40 bridge. Initial crossing to be made in MK. III assault boats each carrying 16 men. Inter Bn boundary main road North from LILLE ST HUBERT (4294) incl to 2 RUR. All bridges had been blown by the Germans and the construction of the canal was not favourable to the crossing. There was a steep bank about 12 ft high on to the towpath and a 5 ft drop down a steep concrete slope to the water on both sides of the canal. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
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