83 (Welch) Field Regiment: 330 Battery 331 Battery

1 February 1945: Helmond - Regt continued maintenance, repainting, cleaning and training.

3 February 1945: 08.30 - Hide recce party moved to Nijmegen.

3/4 February 1945: 18.30 - Regt moved to same area and concentrated arriving.

4 February 1945: Regt organizes and settled in billets and than rested.

7 February 1945: 15.00 - Regt moved to area Molenhoek and deployed.

8 February 1945: Op 'Veritable' being an attack by 30 Corps (3 Cdn, 2 Cdn, 15 (S) 53 (W), 51 (H) Divs) to destroy enemy between rivers Maas and River Rhine and break through in a southerly direction. 53 (W) Div with u.c 34 Armd Bde (less two regts) and elts 79 Armd Div were to capture Brandenburg feature ? advance along and clear high ground running through N part of Reichswald. Forest capture Stoppelburg feature ? and finally conc in mob res ready for future ops. 05.15 - 30 Corps CB Neutralization Programme Stage I. 06.55 - Engaged 14 tgts between these times. 07.50 - CB Neutralization Programme Bob I. 08.17 - Engaged 6 Tgts. In these CB programmes nearly 1,000 guns fired approx 35,000 rds. 09.20 - Barrage by 5 Fd Regts (incl 83 Fd Regt) and 4 Med Regts to cover advance of 71 Inf Bde to secure Brandenburg feature. 13.50 - Engage firelans 'Corvette' and 'Clipper' in support 71 Inf Bde. 14.00 - Advancing into Reichswald Forest. Recce party moved to area Horst. 19.00 - Regt came out of action (being out of range) and conc in present location.

9 February 1945: 14.00 - Regt moved to same area Horst and deployed in very muddy water logged ground. Engaged several Mike tgts during day against enemy cones and enemy positions where movement seen. Also engaged V tgt on enemy in Gennep suspected forming up to attack AGRA gun area. HF Prog fired at night. The following is an extractfrom a message received from CRA 53 Div: - "Tell tps shooting on 8 Feb was absolutely excellent. Very fine effort getting into posn last night."

10 February 1945: Fired several M tgts against enemy posns.

11 February 1945: Fired several M tgts against enemy posns. 09.15 - Hide recce party moved to Groesbeek. 12.15 - Regt came out of action and moved in conc area Groesbeek. 13.00 - Recce party moved to area Frasselt. 17.45 - Regt moved to area Frasselt and deployed for the first time on German soil. Engaged various M tgts against enemy guns firing. HF Programme at night.

12 February 1945: - Engaged further M Tgts against enemy locatities and V tgt against enmey Bn and 2 Sp guns. Fired M tgt on enemy conc for suspected counter attack. Subsequently fired M Tgts and broke up counter attacks against 1 E Lan R and later against 1/5 Welch and 6 RWF. HF Programme at night.

13 February 1945: Fired barrage in support 71 Inf Bde advancing to E edge of Reichswald Forest. Recce party moved to area in forest and later returned. Numerous M Tgts were fired as well as U tgts against enemy locations, enemy gun posns end MG posts.