5. Damage Inflicted on the Enemy

(Original image courtesy of The National Archives)

DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY

This list in an interim report is necessarily incomplete.

Sjt. Williams A 2.

20/21st September.

Concrete pylon carrying H.T. cables destroyed at Q 3043.

23rd September.

Cattle train derailed at Q 325398.

S.Q.M.S. Alcock C 3.

19th September.

Light engine and tender derailed at Q 383398.

27th September.

Signal lines cut with time pencils at Q 1424.

Lieut. Birnie B 1.

17th September.

Intended to lay charges in tunnel. (Subsequently all

traffic reliably reported stopped for 4 days.) Attack probably successful.

Pct. Nicols B 2.

22nd and 26th September.

Charges laid on two railway lines, at Q 783255 and Q 725363

respectively. (Results not observed.)

30th September.

Tyre bursters laid on the Schalbach - Rauwiller road,

Q 563237.

8/12th October.

Tyre bursters laid on the Assenencourt - Dieuze road,

Q 292196.

13th October.

Tyre bursters laid on the road to Gelucourt, at Q 260180.

A minimum of 3 vehicles immobilised.