WO 171/839 - 5 Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - 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: 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.E. Swetenham

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
In the Field	5		The adv continued along the line of the R. ESCOUT through OUDENARDE with the intention of cutting the EAST exits of GHENT. The br at WETTEREN 3075 was found to be slightly damaged but the regt gp was able to cross and acheived its object by 2100 hrs. 'A' Sqn cut the rd GHENT – LOKERAN 3785, 'B' Sqn cut the rd GHENT – OVERMEIRE 3478, 'C' Sqn in res. During the night the enemy put in an unsuccessful attack on 'B' Sqn and one Coy of the 1/6 Queens in an effort to break away to the EAST. 25 prisoners were taken.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.

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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