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18 September 1944

Summary

Coastal battery firing or engagement

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey; Battery Lothringen

Diary Entry

18-19 September 1944

Battery Lothringen, Jersey, engaged a single slow-moving landing ship ten nautical miles west of Guernsey with 28 salvos. The target was left burning with heavy smoke and continued out of range and sight at low speed. [T-1022/2175, scan 0400]

Source of Information 

T-1022 Rolls 2174–2175, Admiral Channel Coast. Source section in Version 1.74.

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