WO 171/1251 - 4 Coldstream Guards - October 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: 4th Tk Bn Coldm Gds.
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. A.W.A. Smith

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	16		The Infantry made two bridgeheads over the MOLENBEEK at first light. Nos 1 & 2 Sqns ordered to cross the beek with the assistance of Bdes Churchill bridge-layers. No 2 using the OVERLOON – VENRAY road, where the bridge had been blown. No 1 using the track to their right. No 2 held up by collapse of bridge-layer, inspite of strenuous attempts by the commanding officer to relay on twe occasions. No 1 got two tps across their bridge, which also showed signs of becoming unusable. Strenuous efforts were made to repair with logs and eventually all were across. No 3 Sqn were then ordered to cross by this bridge and assist the Warwicks to advance, with their final objective V wood at N.E. VENRAY. Both Sqns reached outskirts of VENRAY that evening after stiff opposition had been overcome. Major Tollemache o/c No 3 Sqn was wounded by mortar bomb.

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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