| 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 |
| Unit: HQ 30 Corps | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.-Gen. B.G.Horrocks, CB, MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Main Corps HQ continued to move all day and was finally established at 710556 about 5 miles South of NIJMEGEN at 1800 hrs. Movement along the axis was temporarily interrupted during the morning by enemy armour and infantry operating in the ZON area where the approaches to the bridge came under fire. This was finally cleared by 44 R Tks and SRY operating with infantry of 101 Airborne Div and the flow of traffic was resumed. |
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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