WO 171/837 - 2 Household Cavalry - September 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 Household Cavalry Regt.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6		2 HCR adv with Gds Armd Div up to the ALBERT Canal. A rt D left, C and B in reserve. A Sqn made steady progress at first but some 5 miles EAST of LOUVAIN came up against some stiffish opposition covering the ALBERT Canal Bridges; however the canal was reached only to find that all the bridges to the front were blown on both A and D Sqn fronts. A Sqn tried further to the SOUTH and after a toughish battle in company with 2 WG they reached the Br at BEERINGEN to find it also blown though the bridge abutments were still standing. A bridgehead was soon formed by the inf but mainly owing to the desperate weather, it poured all night, the bridge was not completed until 0230 hrs 7 Sep. 2 HCR remained with HQ 5 Gds Bde till evening when they moved to 32 Gds Bde who were due to precede 5 Gds Armd Bde over the canal.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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