WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - 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: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	23		Sqns continuing as on previous day. C.O. carries out recce with Comd 159 Inf Bde to consider possibility of carrying out shoots on certain objects on and across the river. Principle amongst these were the weir over the MAAS at 733871, enemy posns around the lock at 733880, enemy posns in and around OOL 7589 and enemy posns just over the bridge on the road leading into ROERMOND 775003. C.O. after carrying out careful recce's of these during the afternoon decided that none of them were practicable, owing to the nature of the ground and difficulty of getting tks into a posn from which they could bring effective fire to bear on these places, with the exception of OOL. It was arranged that 'B' Sqn should carry out a shoot on this place the following day. Arrangements also made during the day for Recce Tp, streghtened by a certain number of other men of 'HQ' Sqn to take over a posn about Cross Rds 751920 in the sector at present occupied by 1st Herefords in order to assist them to hold their long front more adequately. This Tp to take over their posn the following day and come under comd 'A'Coy 1st Herefords.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.

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