| 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: 2 H.C.R. | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. H. Abel Smith |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | When op Shears was cancelled plans were made for Gds Armd Div to move into DIEST - AERSHOT area for intensive training. 2 HCR was allotted a rather unsatisfactory billeting area. However in 16 Dec Von Runstedt started his heavy counter attack against the American First Army in the Ardennes sector and the German push shook 2 HCR out of their long rest at WATERSCHEI. The period had been a useful one as the Regt was able to get their maintenance up to 100%; it was however beginning to become monotonous as trg areas were hard to find ang trg in winter in war in a foreign country appeared hard to be enthusiastic about. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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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