WO 171/838 - 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards - 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: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	11		A watching patrol of “A” Sqn. to the East of the town was posted and 13/18 H were to the West of BOURG LEOPOLD. A Belgian Gp. was put under command of 8 Armd. Bde. with the intention of capturing BOURG LEOPOLD in the afternoon. However, there were reports that the Hun had evacuated the town during the night, retiring N.W. and the Belgians supported by “C” Sqn. entered the town quite unopposed in the afternoon. There were enemy, however, to the N.W. of it in the area of HEPPEN and their existence was confirmed by an Armd. car patrol. “C” Sqn. stayed the night in BOURG LEOPOLD.

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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