WO 171/840 - 1 Royal Dragoons - December 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: The Royal Dragoons
Month and Year: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	16		At 1600hrs. a few 75 m.m. shells landed on the West bank of the R. MAAS NE of BOXMEER and a few more on the Eastern outskirts of SAMBEEK. No damage was caused. The Germans have launched what may be a major c/attack against the thinly held right flank of the American First Army (Gen. Hodges). The attack is along a 30 mile front South of AACHEN in the area of LUXEMBOURG. Parachutists were dropped behind the American lines and the attack was preceded by a bombardment of VERVIERS, EUPEN and MALMEDY with what appears to be a new type of long range projectile. Dull. Some rain.

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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