2 February 1944 Part 2

2 February 1944 Part 2 Inspection of the unoccupied outlying islands

Date note: 2 February 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters

Ia No. 692/44 Secret

Army headquarters, 2 February 1944

Secret

Ia evening reports

I Report to Commander in Chief West

1. Enemy situation: nothing special to report.

2. The unoccupied islands lying off the Channel Islands were inspected; no special findings.

II Further reports from

1. LXXXIV Army Corps

The following arrived and were accommodated:

Headquarters, Anti-Tank Battalion 243, at Sainteny, 8.5 km southwest of Carentan.

1st Company, Anti-Tank Battalion 243, at Tribehou, 10 km south of Carentan.

2nd Company, Anti-Tank Battalion 243, at Méautis, 4 km southwest of Carentan.

2nd Assault-Gun Company, Anti-Tank Battalion 352, at Aunay-sur-Odon, 6.5 km south of Villers-Bocage.

2. XXV Army Corps

The following were moved:

Headquarters, II Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 921, to resistance nest T 28.

5th Company, Grenadier Regiment 921, to H 131; 6th Company to T 23; 7th Company to T 29; 8th Company to H 113.

9th Company, Grenadier Regiment 898, to Guérande; 11th Company to T 16; 12th Company to Pénestin.

[Resistance-nest letter readings are retained with caution owing to image softness.]

3. LXXIV Army Corps and LVIII Reserve Panzer Corps: nothing special to report.

4. Seventh Army signals command

(a) One company [abbreviation indistinct, appears FFZ] was brought to Pontivy and placed under the Corps Signals Commander, XXV Army Corps.

(b) Radio operational reserve, strength 16/57, of Army Signals Battalion 53 brought to Le Mans.

[Signature not confidently deciphered.]

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