| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.E. Swetenham |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Plan laid on to attack the wood 1038. Arty available - 4 med regts and 1 Fd Regt. C Sqn to carry B Coy 1 RB on its tks to the open field to the South side of the wood at 103379 and to sp the inf while clearing the objective. A Sqn to sp with fire from right flank. The initial attack was not successful owing to mines opposite the West half of the wood and the bad state of the ground. C Sqn got 3 tks bogged and 2 knocked out so pulled back to the copse 105373 where they re-organised and in conjunction with A Sqn on their right made a plan to attack the Eastern half of the wood. This attack was successful and B Sqn with A Coy 1 RB moved up and cleared the wood to the West including the wood at 096383. 60 POW taken. The wood was taken over at dusk by 1/7 Queens and the regt moved North to harbour area on the LOONSCHE DREEF at 103407 where it spent the night. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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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