25 May 1944 Part 2

25 May 1944 Part 2 Outlying islands inspected: daily report

Date note: 25 May 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters. Ia No. 947/44 Secret.

Army headquarters, 25 May 1944. Secret. Ia daily reports.

I. Report to Army Group B Headquarters

1. Enemy situation. Individual reconnaissance between the Orne and Vire estuaries, in the coastal area between Roscoff and Lannilis, and in the sea areas of Ouessant, Brest and Belle-Île. Night reconnaissance with photographic flash bombs southwest of Mézidon and near Falaise. At 09:00, air attack on Vire station; slight material damage.

2. The islands lying off Guernsey and Alderney were inspected; no special findings.

II. Further reports

1. LXXXIV Army Corps: 6th Battery, Artillery Regiment 1261, with five guns in a field position 1.8 km northeast of Le Vast, ready to fire.

2. XXV Army Corps: 8th Company, Grenadier Regiment 895 (265th Infantry Division), moved to Locunolé, 10 km northeast of Quimperlé, for a three-day special assignment.

3. LXXIV Army Corps and II Parachute Corps: nothing special to report.

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