WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - December 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: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	1		Nothing more could be done that day (1st), but during the night, patrols were sent out to discover whether the Germans had remained in the positions he was known to occupy. "C" Company searched the HELLING area carefully, but found no trace of Bosche anywhere. On the other hand, in the early hours of the morning, a German patrol tried to enter the wood in the Northern extremity of "D" Company’s position. Our men opened fire upon the intruders, and wounded one of them who was subsequently captured though he died in the RAP. The patrol withdrew and as it did so, called down DF fire upon our positions by firing a red verey light. Afterwards it seems that this patrol was simply a blind, to cover the withdrawal of the Bosche from the area, though this was not known at the time.

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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