| 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: 2nd Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Quiet night. Occasional shelling during day in Bn HQ area. Enemy snipers & MGs active on A coy's forward Pl front causing 3 casualties . A who stated he had swam the MAAS on previous evening was sent in by A Coy interrogation & subsequently taken to Bde. Track between MEGELSUM & BLITTERSWIJK flooded at 869259 to a depth of 2 feet, water still rising . I OP manned at 920 hrs received a direct hit at 1115 hrs, causing 1 casualty. Weather fine. During the day a plan was evolved to eject the enemy from the remaining bridgehead he heald between east WANSSUM & the MAAS, the CO held conference with Coy comds & gave orders as per appendix. Much valuable time was spent in recconaissance & comds at every level at plenty of oppertunity to observe the ground over which they were to fight. | see o.o. No 12 |
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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