23 June 1944 Part 4

23 June 1944 Part 4 Two coastal vessels for Jersey

Date note: 23 June 1944.

22 June 1944 continued

Supply transport

The Chief Quartermaster reports to Chief Quartermaster West that the railway line leading into the Army area via Tours is in working order and asks why only one ammunition train has so far reached the Army area by this route. [Annex 72.]

LXXIV and XXV Army Corps headquarters are informed about the condition of the line and the control of rail transport. [Annex 73.]

Prisoners of war

Between 10 and 20 June, 2,918 prisoners of war, including 55 officers, were taken.

Field post

Of the ten tonnes of mail dispatched to Cherbourg on 20 June, one lorry carrying four tonnes has returned from St-Nazaire to Le Mans because the ship had insufficient carrying capacity.

Traffic at the Le Mans transshipment point: incoming for the front, 12 tonnes of mail; incoming for home, 5 tonnes; dispatched to the front, 10 tonnes; dispatched home, 5 tonnes; backlog for the front, 17 tonnes.

The postmaster of SS Field Post Office 10, 10th SS Panzer Division, reports in. Location: ten kilometres west of Longny, on the Longny–Mortagne road. Mail collection point: Le Mans.

The postmaster of Field Post Office 177, 77th Infantry Division, has reported in. New employment in the Dinan area.

Administrative affairs

Agricultural officers for XXXXVII Panzer Corps and I SS Panzer Corps have arrived at Field Command Headquarters Alençon for onward assignment to subordinate divisions. Both corps have been asked to collect them.

23 June 1944

General

Discussion points between Qu 1 and Chief Quartermaster West, Major Hassbach:

1. Two coastal motor vessels to Jersey. Three motor torpedo boats sailed for Cherbourg at 23:00 on 22 June.

[Discussion continues in reference 20.]

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1571. Roll 1571 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 19. Scan extracts: img048_08_14036_16058.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.