I SS Panzer Corps counterattack with 80 tanks
On the right of the British advance, the I SS Panzer Corps launched a counterattack with 80 tanks, this was disorganised by artillery fire before foundering on the anti-tank guns of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division,who then resumed their attempt to secure VIII Corps flank.
The village of Rauray was taken by the 49th Division at 1600 on 27 June after further heavy fighting against the 12th SS Panzer Division's panzergrenadiers. German forces had been diverted from opposing VIII Corps advance and the fall of Rauray denied the Germans an important observation point, although they remained in control of an area of high ground to the south.
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