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
	25	1800	Feature of today has been the influx of German deserters and the amount of infm they brought in. The first two were inf men and said their unit had been badly hit in our attack on VENRAIJ. They gave infm of exact coy and bn locations, the whereabouts of their cookhouse and times of collection of meals at the cookhouse. All areas quickly became targets for our med guns. Two more deserters from 5 coy II bn Regt Menzel a GAF fmn, came in via 2 Lincolns and gave a full account of the ambush of 1 KOSB patrol on 22 Oct. They said fifteen men were taken PW, incl the comd, and that the patrol had simply walked right into their posns at SMAKT 8030 and as a consequence were scuppered. One of these Germans, crying bitterly, complained that the home conditions in Germany were worsening as a result of SA and SS interference with German civilians. Regt Menzel relieved bn Rumanski in the line facing 1 KOSB about four days ago and, according to these deserters had received strict instructions to remain still during hours of daylt.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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