WO 171/969 - 7 Field Regiment - 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: 7 FD Regt RA
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. N.P.H. Tapp

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	12		We fired in support of 8 Bde who were given the task of passing through the firm base of 11 Armd Div and of capturing and consolidating OVERLOON. We fired counter battery and counter mortar tasks for one hour before H hr and from then onwards we had over two hours continuous firing on a barrage followed by concentrations. 185 Bde were at short notice to follow up and OPs and reps were standing by. 8 Bde infantry move forward quickly and were well up under the barrage. By 1330 hrs both forward battalions had elements in the outskirts of OVERLOON. We continued to fire counter mortar during the afternoon. At 1825 hrs we fired on enemy forming up for counter attack, this never developed. BCs were ordered to be at their respective battalions by 2030 hrs. CO went to HQRA for O Gp at 2200 hrs. Three ORs wounded.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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