| 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: 3rd Bn Irish Guards | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH of NIJMEGEN | 21 | The advance was resumed at mid-day, but stiff opposition was encountered soon after leaving the outskirts of the town, which later proved to be thick screens of of some 7 x 6,5 cm and 2 x 8,8 cm Assault guns, supported by inf who lined the ditches with spandeaus and squeeze guns. The I.G. group were again in the lead, but the country was totally unsuitable for the employment of armour as the main road was embanked and the country on either side of it dyked and impassable to tks. Lacking the support of Typhoons, the Bn was unable to advance and was compelled to form a tight laager for the night in its present posn area 702662. During the day , Lts. Wilson and Gordon-Shea were wounded, which left the Bn with only two P1 comds, and one OR was killed and 17 wounded. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Fred Bolle.
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