| 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 Fife & Forfar Yeo., R.A.C. | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.B.J. Scott, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | This day the centre line was as follows: - Le Mesnil 6005 - Neufmarchae 6409 - St Germer 6810 - Villers-Sur-Auchy 7015 - Songenos 7522 - Marvillers 7726 - Previllers 8628 - Hetomesnil 8830.Near the start of the route we passed 2 abandoned Panther tanks, which had been brewed up. A number of enemy vehs were shot up as we crossed the main road, and a large number of prisoners were taken, but we encountered no real opposition. On arriving at Hetomesnil we expected to harbour, but received orders to push on through the night to Amiens The route given was over twisting and long narrow lanes which caused some delay but no opposition of any sort was encountered although in the village of Contai there were a large number of the enemy who were evidently scared by the noise of the tanks and did not emerge until the following day when a Bn attack had to be put in before an Inf Bde could get through. The light impoved as we were reaching Amiens we were able to shoot up a number of vehs, and on reaching the outskirts of the town the recce tp shot up a number of staff cars. Amongst the prisoners that emerged from this party was none other than Genl. Ebrebuf, Comdr of the 7th Army. The night march was led by Cpl. Byrne, without making a mistake |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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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