| 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 Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt-Col. D.L.A. Gibbs, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | The attack was successful and the Bn consolidated in the village of PRESSLES. No casualties in the attack and by the early morning the enemy began to shell the village and some casualties occurred. At 1300 hours orders were received from 11 Armd Div to take over BAS LE PERRIER from the 29 Armd Bde Motor Bn, 8 Rifle Brigade, who were, at the same time, to come back to PRESSLES. This change over was to be completed by 1800 hours. This was found to be quite impracticable but was, in fact, carried out in daylight and completed by 2000 hours. The casualties suffered by both Bns during the enemy shelling of the one road were heavy. On arrival at BAS LE PERRIER, 23 H, one Sp Tp and one Tp AVREs came under command of the Bn. This force was very thick on the ground and it was decided the next day to push out 'B' Coy to the village of BAS LE PERRIER, 400-yds ahead. |
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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