| 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: 4th Tk Bn Grenadier Guards | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Maj. C.M.F. Deakin |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0730 | The attack on MEIJEL started at 0740 hrs. The plan was as follows. No 2 Sqn were to push on by themselves in an armoured role on the left flank, with the object of coming behind the enemy positions in the large wood North of MEIJEL. Their left flank on the canal was to be blanketed by a smoke screen. At 0745 hrs an inf bn supported by two troops of tanks were to attack SCHAMS 7008 & then the remaining two troops were to support an attack by flame throwers on the North edge of the wood which No 2 Sqn had already outflanked. Finally another inf bn supported by No 3 Sqn were to capture MEIJEL. |
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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