WO 171/617 - 9 Infantry Brigade - 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: 9 Brit Inf Bde
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	17	2015	Div notified this HQ of a civilian report that CAULILLE 449905 was to be raided by the Boche during the hours of darkness and directed that a coy of 2 Lincolns proceed to the village with the intention of wiping out any such effort. They were to take a No. 22 set with them for comn with Bn Comd and would stay out until 0800 hrs tomorrow. 2 Lincolns were instructed to this effect and one pl moved off almost immediately to their task followed shortly afterwards by remainder of Coy. The first news of this detached Coy was received at 2330 hrs when a report was flashed through stating they had contacted Sqn of 3 Recce Regt in the village and no enemy had been contacted.

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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