WO 171/617 - 9 Infantry Brigade - December 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: 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
	20	2200	After a long spell in the line the bde is moving out for one week’s rest in the HORST 835180 area. The first reliefs are in process of being carried out now, two coys of 1 Suffolk relieving the two fwd coys of 2 RUR at BLITTERSWIJK 8927 and MEGELSUM 8926. During our period facing the enemy on the West bank of the R MAAS artificial moonlt produced by searchlts, with Its directed into the sky over the fwd posns has proved of inestimable value and is now accepted as gen routine on dark nights. Observation today was impossible owing to mist limiting visibility in many cases to a mere 100 yds.

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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