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An eight-man patrol of mixed units, led by Captain Killick of the 89th Field Security Section, moves westwards from the bridge along the Weerdjesstraat in an attempt to locate the 1st Para Brigade moving into Arnhem. In the distance, Dutch civilians look on. In the event the patrol made little ground before they realised they were in danger of being cut off and so withdrew to the bridge, having suffered no casualties and collected several stragglers and a prisoner, who was captured at the crossroads which can be seen a few metres in front of the men. They reported that there were no sounds of battle to the west of Arnhem and so it was correctly assumed that the 1st and 3rd Battalions were some distance away. Copyright: Sam Presser / Maria Austria Instituut.