11 May 1944 Part 2

11 May 1944 Part 2 Inspection of islands near Guernsey and Alderney

Date note: 11 May 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters. Ia No. 696/44 Secret.

Army headquarters, 11 May 1944. Secret. Ia daily reports.

I. Report to Commander in Chief West

1. Enemy situation. Reconnaissance in the coastal area north of the Morlaix–Brest line and over Cotentin’s east coast, with flash photographs of Naval Battery Marcouf. Passage of larger formations over the Orne estuary and Morlaix; one aircraft shot down. Minelaying at Brest harbour entrance and in the sea areas of Lorient and the Loire estuary; one aircraft shot down. One aircraft strafed civilians near Plestin, LXXIV Army Corps area; two French people killed.

2. Arrived: (a) twelve trains of 91st Infantry Division in its new area; (b) nineteen trains of II Parachute Corps and 5th Parachute Division; (c) four trains of Static Rocket-Launcher Regiment 101.

3. Command post, Panzer Replacement and Training Battalion 100: Appeville, 7 km northwest of Carentan. Command post, Seventh Army Assault Battalion: Château Brocbeufs, 3 km northeast of La Haye-du-Puits. [Handwritten date: 10 May.]

4. Islands around Guernsey and Alderney inspected; no special findings.

II. Further reports

1. LXXXIV Army Corps Headquarters.

(a) 243rd Infantry Division moved: headquarters, Anti-Tank Battalion 243, to the area 2 km north of Barneville (8 km southwest of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte); 1st (self-propelled) Company of that battalion to the Aux Petits area (4 km north of Barneville); Assault-Gun Battalion 1243 to Le Pont aux Mines area (1 km south of Saint-Jacques).

(b) Accommodation: Panzer Replacement and Training Battalion 100: 1st Company, Baupte; 2nd, Coigny; 3rd, Auvers; technical platoon, Carentan.

Seventh Army Assault Battalion: 1st Company, Brocbeufs; 2nd, Hill 121 north of La Haye-du-Puits; 3rd, Hill 131 north of La Haye-du-Puits; 4th, Lithaire; battery, Bolleville. Headquarters company at Saint-Symphorien.

2. XXV and LXXIV Army Corps Headquarters and 21st Panzer Division: no special events.

[Signature indistinct.]

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1565. Roll 1565 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 31. Scan extracts: img059_03_3957_5933.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.