On this day 8th February
1814 - 52nd - engaged in the assault on Bergen-Op-Zoom (Holland).
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FESTUBERT S19-S25-A1.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
8PM. Battalion in Trenches.
Enemy Artillery very active all day.
Shooting was good. Many direct hits on our trenches being made.
Between 10am & 12noon shells were coming into section at rate of 1 per 45 seconds.
3 casualties in RE Working Party.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 8th the attack began, supported by a massive weight of artillery fire, rocket concentrations and by tanks. Again the Regiment was to advance after a preliminary attack by the 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers had secured a firm base. With the Highland Light Infantry on its right B Company was to seize the corner of the Reichswald (796541) and A Company the cross-tracks (795535). They met little opposition, but took many prisoners who had been dazed by the weight of the preliminary barrage. B Company provided the first British troops to cross the German frontier in this area.
C and D Companies advanced through the leading companies and, meeting little opposition, reached their objectives successfully—the high ground of the Branden Berg (808537). A total of 115 prisoners were taken during the day.
In the evening heavy shelling of Regimental headquarters wounded the doctor and caused considerable casualties among the intelligence section and signallers.
1814 - 52nd - engaged in the assault on Bergen-Op-Zoom (Holland).
1916 – 2nd Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – FESTUBERT S19-S25-A1.
1916 – 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion – HEBUTERNE
8PM. Battalion in Trenches.
Enemy Artillery very active all day.
Shooting was good. Many direct hits on our trenches being made.
Between 10am & 12noon shells were coming into section at rate of 1 per 45 seconds.
3 casualties in RE Working Party.
1945 – 1st Bn Oxf & Bucks LI – North West Europe
On the 8th the attack began, supported by a massive weight of artillery fire, rocket concentrations and by tanks. Again the Regiment was to advance after a preliminary attack by the 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers had secured a firm base. With the Highland Light Infantry on its right B Company was to seize the corner of the Reichswald (796541) and A Company the cross-tracks (795535). They met little opposition, but took many prisoners who had been dazed by the weight of the preliminary barrage. B Company provided the first British troops to cross the German frontier in this area.
C and D Companies advanced through the leading companies and, meeting little opposition, reached their objectives successfully—the high ground of the Branden Berg (808537). A total of 115 prisoners were taken during the day.
In the evening heavy shelling of Regimental headquarters wounded the doctor and caused considerable casualties among the intelligence section and signallers.
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