| 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: 151st (A.Y.) Field Regiment, R.A. | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Regt in sp 7 U.S. Armd Div who were sweeping W bank of MAAS from area ST. ANTHONIS. O.Ps occupied posns 0900 hrs. Capt. Canvin in BOXMEER – Capt Spence in St. ANTHONIS and Capt. Miller as mobile O.P. with 15/19 Hussars. 7 U.S. Armd Div commenced ops 1530 hrs. CB tgts engaged 1510 – 1530 hrs. Capt. Spence reporterd on progress of Americans until they were out of observation in woods SE of LACTARIA. Major Walton with 4 KSLI; Major Kreiser with 1 Hereford and Major Mitchell with 2 F & F Yeo returned to gun posns during the morning. 11 Armd Div having withdrawn from forward posns to make room for 7 U.S. Armd Div. Capt. Canvin forced to withdraw from BOXMEER during the afternoon owing to infiltration by enemy patrols. |
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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