| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | In the early morning mist patrols of 2 HCR working round West flank reached R NEDERRIJN in area 68716 and made contact with Polish Para Bde in this area. 214 Bde attempted to follow along this route but met powerful enemy resistance which was not overcome until a deliberate attack had been put in during the afternoon. This was completely successful and another bn of infantry with a squadron 4/7 DG was passed rapidly through and made contact with Polish Para Bde towards last light. This force included DUKWS carrying amn, sups and med stores for 1 Airborne Div. |
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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