| 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: 6th Guards Tank Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier W.D.C. Greenacre, M.V.O. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0930 | Two hours later, No. 1 Sqn ran into mines at 693086 and No. 2 Sqn into boggy ground between 711085 and 713081. In a short space of time 13 tks were bogged. Flails were ordered up to contend with the minefield, one of these blew up itself on a mine. With these disasters following quickly on one another, the attack slowed up and the infantry were being consistently shelled and mortared. |
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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