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25 July 1944
Summary
Coastal battery firing or engagement. Air or sea observations
Location Details
Guernsey; Alderney; Battery Elsass
Diary Entry
25-26 July 1944
Enemy naval movements were observed west and north-west of Guernsey and east of Alderney. At 07:42 Battery Elsass, Alderney, engaged a destroyer approximately seven nautical miles north-east of Alderney. After four salvos the target made smoke and withdrew to the north-east at high speed; no hit was observed. [T-1022/2174, PG 38470, scans 0860 and 0882-0884]
Source of Information
T-1022 Rolls 2174–2175, Admiral Channel Coast. Source section in Version 1.74.
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