WO 171/969 - 7 Field Regiment - 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: 7 Field Regt RA
Month and Year: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	22		One of 17 Bty OPs got the rare opportunity to engage a target in a destructive shoot with one gun. The target was an enemy OP. We try not to fire from normal battle positions in this area. Each day one troop per Bty goes forward to a HF position and as far as possible these troops engage all targets. Retaliation tasks are arranged with the Brigade Commander. These targets are selected to cover sectors of the front and are engaged if forward troops are subjected to shelling or mortaring. The particular target which is situated nearest to the gun or mortar causing the annoyance is the one engaged. The object being to return fire with sufficient speed for the enemy to connect the retaliation with his own fire. These targets have a good effect on our own Infantry. Although we have gun superiority the success is limited by the small allotment of ammunition.

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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