WO 171/845 - 13/18 Royal Hussars - September 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: 13/18 Hussars (QMO)
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. V.A.B. Dunkerly

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	17	1300	The land Operation "Garden" of 30 Corps consists of a breakout of the Bridgehead over the ESCAUT CANAL at DE GROOT BARRIER with Guards Armd Div leading, followed by 43 Div with 8 Armd Bde in sp, followed by 50 Div. The whole of 30 Corps is then to advance up our axis (via EINDHOVEN – UDEN – GRAVE – NIJMEGEM – ARNHEM and APPELDORN) to secure the high ground from NUNSPEET, on the ZUYDER ZEE to ARNHEM. Meanwhile the 1st Cdn Army, still with 1st Br Corps under Comd, is to advance Northwards from ANTWERP directed on UTRECHT taking in such places as ROTTERDAM and mopping up the 100,000 Germans, who are supposed to be there, whence 2nd Army stops their escape into Germany. Meanwhile the American 1st, 3rd and 7th Armies are continuing to push on into Germany and test the defences of the Siegfried Line, with a view to cutting off the RUHR from the rest of Germany. The objective of the 2nd Army will thereafter be directed on BERLIN via MUNSTER & OSNABRUCK. The smaller picture is that we are to sp 129 Bde, and advance along the axis and take over the area of the bridge over the River IJSSEL at DEVENTER, ZUTPHEN and DOESBURG, the latter with "A" Sqn in sp 12 K.R.R.Cs under Comd 43 Recce Regt.

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

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