WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - September 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 The Royal Ulster Rifles
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	26		Continuous rainthroughout night with occasional storms during morning. CO held conference 0930hrs. Bn had a bath day. A patrol of coy strenght provided by A Coy left their area at 1315hrs and proceeded along line of railway were enemy in huts were encountered at 704184 and on far banknof canal 708177. Coy came under MG fire which covered kine of approach along railway. OC A Coy proceeded forward to canal and observed enemy positions more closely from house 706180. At 1830hrs one platoon came forward under cover to canal, followed by two remaining platoons but were very pinned down by MG fire. on far banks of canal running south from 708139 were a numberr of concrete pill boxes with line of fire running North and South along the bank of the canal. Major Sweeny MC believed railway bridge to be intact was unable to see canal bridgewhich has been reported by civilians as destroyed. Coy began to withdraw at 1915 hrs and were clear of bridge by 1930hrs, reformed and returned by bounds back to Coy area. Major Sweeney's impression was that the patrol was an ideal exercise qnd fieldcraft very good,. Coy getting within 150 yds of enemy position without detection. A second patrol went out from B Coy to areas 669202, 697208, and 691190 but revealed no enemy.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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