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30 June 1943 Part 3

Summary

Guernsey battery fire and mines in island passages (monthly entry)

Location Details

Guernsey; Sark; Herm

Diary Entry

June 1943 Guernsey battery fire and mines in island passages

Editorial note: Monthly report or annex; placed at the end of the reporting month because no single document date is supplied. Dates within the text retain their original meaning.

June opened with low-level air attacks and interruptions to island shipping. Coastal batteries on Guernsey fired against plotted naval targets. Alert Level I was ordered during periods of heightened concern. The diary records the discovery of enemy mines in the Little Russel between Guernsey and Herm and the Great Russel between Herm and Sark.

Source of Information 

T-314 Roll 1603, T314_Roll_1603_English_Translation.docx. Source PDF pages 0926–0942 | June diary entries and folder closure

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