| 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 |
| Unit: HQ 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0205 | Small enemy patrol of unknown str penetrated to fwd posn of 2 RUR at 860273. They opened fire on our posn, fire was immediately returned, forcing the enemy patrol to withdraw leaving behind one seriously wounded serjeant. This man was identified as belonging to II Bn 19 Para Regt (Menzel) and provides an interesting identification. This German fmn faced us in the SMAKT and HOLTHEES area in the first weeks in Nov and were obviously forced down to the WANSSUM area where their role seems to be that of protecting what remains of the WANSSUM-WELL ferry. |
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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