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
	17	1730	B Coy moved in behind A Coy, who had reached the brewery at 778272, and moved fwd, but owing to darkness coming on, were unable to continue, and took up a posn for the night. D Coy, under Capt Rutherford had by now also reached the town, and Capt Rutherford, finding that the opposition was decreasing, decided to push on past his coy’s objective. D Coy thus reached the town centre of VENRAIJ ahead of the other coys, and were engaged in confused house to house fighting around the town square until 0400 hrs in the morning. Enemy patrols of 7/8 men entered VENRAIJ frequently during the night and added to the difficulty of clearing the streets. Hy shelling of the town by the enemy continued throughout the night. Rutherford, Reginald

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

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