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
	24	0600	Our patrolling had more success in pin pointing enemy during night. 2 RUR patrols having contacted an enemy patrol area houses 788283 and enemy at 793289 and 794287. The Boche seemed to be doing more patrolling at night than usual, and a report of an enemy patrol at 788283 indicates that his patrolling policy is becoming bolder. The other two posns mentioned are thought to be OPs, it is not considered the enemy holds posns West of the rly in any str, daylight patrolling failing to locate such posns, but it does seem that he nightly sends out standing or listening patrols into East half of wood 7929. 1 KOSB too heard sounds of enemy mov and talking East of the rly line, in area MOLENBEEK 8032 and 8033. Str of enemy in this area is entirely problematical but a deserter to the 3 Recce Regt on our left flank was identified as being from bn Rumanski, another GAF fmn of mixed origin and members.

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

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