 On 1 August, the brigade took part in the security and depopulation operation in the area Jeremicze-Starzyna-Rudnja-Kupinsk.The goal was to murder or deport the local population and seize livestock and agricultural supplies.They were again moved into the front line in September to reinforce the 25th Panzergrenadier Division, which was
fighting in the Smolensk-Gomel sector.