WO 171/617 - 9 Infantry Brigade - October 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: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	15	1255	Both units later reported the enemy had completely pulled out of the area immediately South of their posns, and 2 Lincolns further reported that the only contact their many patrols had made was at 750284 where they were fired on by MGs South of the rd. This programme of daylight patrolling is being carried out to pinpt enemy posns which are likely to hold up the attack on VENRAIJ 7226, which is being resumed tomorrow on a two bde front, with 8 Brit Inf Bde on right going through via BEEK 7628 and HIEPT 7727 and 185 Inf Bde on left, going through ZWARTEKLEF [7628?] and BRABANDER 7728.

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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