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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	10	2200	An exceptional feature of today's patrol work was the excellent infm obtained by 2 Lincolns standing patrols at 798347 and 797318. These two patrols throughout the day lay up in houses almost on the rly line and observed a great deal of enemy mov. The Boche occupies the houses between 799318 and 799316 and could be observed moving between them, singly and in pairs throughout the day. The OP plainly identified these men as GAF personnel, the mov taking place a mere 50-100 yds from the OP at 798317. Other mov in the area of the house at 798319 and houses 800320 would appear to indicate that the enemy had a pl disposed around that area and during the day has at least one sec West of the rly at house 798319. This is borne out by the report of the standing patrol at 797318 who state “four Germans appeared at 798319 0950 hrs; five enemy. seen in the garden of house 798319 and five enemy seen near haystack 797318”. All these men appeared to be interested in our OP and in view of the keen interest and mov it was decided to abandon the OP in face of their possible outflanking mov. OP was re-est later in the morning and party of Germans were seen shaking blankets in front of school 800321. The house North of the school also appeared occupied and several men visited it at frequent intervals between 1430 - 1630 hrs.

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

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