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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	21		3 Brit Recce Regt reverted to comd 3 Div and the responsibility of 2 HCR Gp was consequently adjusted to reach as far SOUTH as 800385. Enemy patrols were very active and both BOXMEER and OEFFELT churches were blown up. The loss of BOXMEER church was very annoying as it removed the best OP on the whole front. Nevertheless with the few infantry available it was not possible to stop stray German patrols because the whole front could not possibly be held. Another very real problem was that in the villages close to the river there were a large number of locals who definitely ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds. They were useful in telling us what the Germans had done at night but there was no doubt that they also told the Germans what we did by day. It was a difficult decision to make as to whether these civilians should be evacuated or not.

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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