The story
2200 hours
Battalion positions taken over by 1st Battalion GRENADIER GUARDS, and Battalion concentrated in area of No. 2 Company 104646.
During the operation 72 Prisoners of War have passed through our hands, mostly from 16 G.A.F. Division and 21 Panzer Division with a few from 1 SS Division.
In the Battalion area 12 Nebelwerfers, 6 Anti-Tank guns, 3 SP guns, and a number of burnt out vehicles were found abandoned.
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