Just before 10:00, the Guards Armoured Division caught up with the 11th Armoured Division and pressed on towards Cagny. By 12:00 the leading elements were halted, engaged in fighting. A German counter-attack against the 2nd Armoured Grenadier Guards by from the 21st Panzer Division and the Tigers of the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion, failed when the German tanks came under fire from their own guns and two Tigers were knocked out. An isolated Tiger II (King Tiger) attempting to manoeuvre out of danger, was caught by an Irish Guards Sherman tank that had also become detached from its unit. The Sherman crew fired into the Tiger and then rammed it; anti-tank fire from other British units then penetrated the Tiger's armour. Both crews abandoned their vehicles and most of the German crew was captured. The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion later attacked the Coldstream Guards but was forced to withdraw by massed anti-tank fire. It took the Guards the rest of the day to capture Cagny, which was found abandoned when infantry entered the village. Attempts to resume the advance were met by determined German resistance. Starting last, the only element of the 7th Armoured Division to enter the battle was the 5th Royal Tank Regiment (5th RTR). At 17:00 near Cuverville it knocked out two Panzer IVs for the loss of four tanks and then cleared Grentheville, bypassed earlier in the day by the 3rd RTR, taking several prisoners. A German counter-attack by six tanks petered out after two tanks each were destroyed.
Just before 1000 the Guards Armoured Division caught up with the 11th Armoured Division and pressed on towards Cagny By 1200 the leading elements were halted engaged in fighting A German counter-attack against the 2nd Armoured Grenadier Guards by from the 21st Panzer Division and the Tigers of the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion failed when the German tanks came under fire from their own guns and two Tigers were knocked out An isolated Tiger II (King Tiger) attempting to manoeuvre out of danger was caught by an Irish Guards Sherman tank that had also become detached from its unit The Sherman crew fired into the Tiger and then rammed it; anti-tank fire from other British units then penetrated the Tiger's armour Both crews abandoned their vehicles and most of the German crew was captured The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion later attacked the Coldstream Guards but was forced to withdraw by massed anti-tank fire It took the Guards the rest of the day to capture Cagny which was found abandoned when infantry entered the village Attempts to resume the advance were met by determined German resistance Starting last the only element of the 7th Armoured Division to enter the battle was the 5th Royal Tank Regiment (5th RTR) At 1700 near Cuverville it knocked out two Panzer IVs for the loss of four tanks and then cleared Grentheville bypassed earlier in the day by the 3rd RTR taking several prisoners A German counter-attack by six tanks petered out after two tanks each were destroyed