14 June 1944 Part 3

14 June 1944 Part 3 Naval battle between the coast and Channel Islands

Date note: 14 June 1944.

Secret. Urgent. Seventh Army Headquarters, Ia. 14 June [1944].

To Army Group B Headquarters. Ia morning report of 14 June.

Line reached by XXXXVII Panzer Corps at 21:00 on 13 June: 1 km southeast and south of Villers-Bocage–north of Tracy-Bocage–south of Amayé-sur-Seulles–1 km south of Briquessard–1 km southeast of Caumont–Sept-Vents–La Lande. Five enemy tanks knocked out, one captured.

On the Elle front, enemy thrust near Saint-Georges-d’Elle stopped. Situation north of there still unclear. Continuation of the enemy attack is to be expected.

Communications with I SS Panzer Corps interrupted; no new reports yet from Group Hellmich.

In LXXIV Army Corps area, from 00:45 to 02:00, naval engagement between the coast and the Channel Islands. Details unknown.

After dispatch: Ic, Senior Quartermaster, Air Force Liaison Officer, O1, war diary.

Seventh Army Headquarters, Ia No. 1380/44 Secret.

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1565. Roll 1565 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 45. Scan extracts: img085_03_3880_5844.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.