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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 7 FD Regt RA
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. N.P.H. Tapp
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
6   Major Rae, 17 Bty, relieved Major Lister, 9 Bty with 3 Recce Regt. D Troop of 16 Bty relieved Troop, 17 Bty, with HCR, this relieved troop moved into a harassing fire position in the wood South of LACTERIA. During the afternoon enemy patrols entered VIERLINGSBEEK and the OP evacuated with some speed. Up to 2330 hours some 200 rounds were fired into the village after which Recce Regt patrols entered finding that the Germans had withdrawn. The harassing fire troop fired 580 rounds during the night. During the morning several officers and men watched a demonstration of a new type of amphibious vehicle known to the London Illustrated News as a Buffalo.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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