 The first attack against Polish positions was by the " Der Führer " Regiment of the 2nd SS Panzer Division . Although the Podhale Rifles battalion was able to repel the attack , it expended a substantial amount of its ammunition in doing so . The second attack was devastating to the dwindling armoured forces of the Polish battlegroups . A single German tank , positioned on Point 239 ( northeast of Mont Ormel ) , was able to destroy five Sherman medium tanks within two minutes . At this time , the 3rd Parachute Division — along with an armoured regiment of the 1st SS Panzer Division — attacked Mont Ormel from inside the Falaise Pocket . This attack was repulsed by the artillery , which " massacred " German infantry and armour closing in on their positions . 
