WO 171/341 - 30 Corps - 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: HQ 30 Corps
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.-Gen. B.G.Horrocks, CB, MC

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	29		At about 0500 hrs both railway and road bridges at NIJMEGEN were put out of action by violent explosions. Later these were found to have been caused by special charges placed in position by specially trained naval personnel who swam down the R WAAL. The railway bridge was put completely out of action. In the case of the road bridge about 80 feet of roadway was blown away. By 2000 hrs this had been replaced by a Class 40 bridge and was open to single-way traffic. 10 of the personnel concerned were taken prisoner and the remaining two died.

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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