| 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: First Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0300 | We arrived at ST. POL, where we halted to get information. From ST. POL we lined up for an advance to VALHOUN with the Carrier Pl leading, moving off from ST. POL at 0345 hrs. About 200 yds from VALHOUN, the Carriers were fired on by an A tk weapon. They then took up a position of neutralisation and awaited a bn attack. The bn attack went in at 1000 hrs with 'D' Coy left fwd, and 'B' Coy right fwd. 'D' Coy managed to get as far as the church fairly easily, but 'B' Coy ran into heavy opposition, and although they killed a lot of Germans in the narrow lane, themselves suffered some 20 cas. The attack was so held up that a plan was made to put in 'C' Coy supported by a battery of 12 × 2” Mortars. Zero hour for this attack was 1100 hrs. This attack did not materialise as by the time details for centralising amn and Mors and getting 'C' Coy into posn had been arranged, the enemy had withdrawn from VALHOUN and the Bn was free to commence its attack on SAINS. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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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