WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment - October 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: 2nd Bn. E. Yorks Regt.
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. N.J. Dickson

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	16		1 Suffolk held up on line of MOLENBEEK by hy mortar and MG fire, and extensive mining by the enemy. Considerable shelling of 2 E Yorks area, also salvoes from Nebelwerfers. 2 E Yorks unable to move fwd until 1700 hrs. 3 supporting tks of Coldm Gds bogged at MOLENBEEK crossing. By 1700 hrs 1 Suffolk had obtained a bridgehead some 600 yds deep, and B Coy 2 E Yorks crossed the stream and commenced swinging left to gain the bn axis. Considerable enemy sniping was then taking place. Remainder of bn followed, and reached the area of BRABANDER 7727. Tac HQ and D Coy, at 7569279 were very heavily shelled for 10-15 minutes, but sustained no cas.Tac HQ remained in the area for the night, using a cellar in a nearby house. A & B Coys took up a position a few hundred yds fwd on the main axis. C Coy located about 764281. Throughout the night the outskirts of VENRAIJ and BRABANDER were shelled. Food was brought up between 0100 hrs and 0200 hrs. Patrols contacted 2 Warwicks of 185 Bde about ¼ m to the East during the night.

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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