WO 171/341 - 30 Corps - 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: 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		At 1400 hrs 504 RCT of 82 Airborne Div forced the crossing of R WAAL to West of R NIJMEGEN bridge in the face of considerable opposition and by 1800 hrs had seized Northern approaches of bridge. Throughout afternoon Gds Armd Div with inf of 505 RCT continued to pass up from South and at 1900 hrs finally overcame all resistance and some tanks and infantry passed over to join 504 RCT on North bank. This all important bridge thus fell into our hands intact. Although the bridge had been prepared for demolition no charges were in place when the bridge was seized. There is little doubt that the Dutch Resistance Movement had in some manner achieved this but at the time of writing no satisfactory solution has been produced. Later investigation made this doubtful.

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

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