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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	16		D Coy debouched from the wood at 930 hrs towards KLEINDORP. All the enemy's attention was taken by the combined infantry & tank attack of 8 Br Inf Bdeacross the river BEEK towards VENRAY so that D Coy were able to move into KLEINDORP without difficulty. The CO had established a foward HQ at the southern edge of the Lincolns wood which now began to be heavily shelled & mortared. Not until 400 hrs therefore did the CO sand B Coy forward to support D, who during the morning had been quite at peace. Patrols from D Coy had been down to the BEEK and found no enemy this side of it. At about 1600 hrs the CO was in that 9 Br Inf Bde on the left & the 11 Armoured Division which was driving in from the right. A&C Coys who were about to move into KLEINDORP were held back & recce parties left for the new area almost immediately. Our new area was east of OVERLOON, while the attack on Venray was being mad the e. The Bn itself moved as soon as darkness fell. The trackshad been torn by tracked vehicles & flooded by rainbut in spite of this we were in our new positions by 2130 hrs.

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

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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