13 July 1944 Part 1

13 July 1944 Part 1 Enemy warships off Alderney and Guernsey

The enemy continued aerial reconnaissance over the Channel Islands during the day. Enemy cruisers, destroyers and fast attack boats were repeatedly observed at sea northwest of Alderney and west of Guernsey.

Over Brittany, small formations repeatedly flew in during the night, while by day there was only slight enemy aerial reconnaissance southwest of Avranches. Naval reconnaissance in the sea area of northern Brittany was also slight. No special events occurred in the XXV Army Corps area or in the remainder of the Army area.

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1569. Roll 1569 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 25. T312-1569.pdf, PDF pages 161, 162. PDF pages count from the first page of the supplied file.