FRANCE: 14 Panzer Corps is held up south of Amiens and Peronne, but the French defence gives way on either flank. On the west Rommel manages, late in the day, to advance another 9 miles. Finding themselves outflanked, the two left divisions of the Tenth Army, the 51st British and 31st French Infantry Divisions, fell back to the Bresle.

To the east the French Sixth Army was hard pressed, and by the end of the day the Germans seized the Chemin des Dames forced Touchon to withdraw south of the Aisne.

Weygand was then compelled to rearrange the line by pulling back No. 3 Army Group to the Bresle, the Avre, and the Aisne line.

NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN: (Mark Horan): HMS Ark Royal and HMS Glorious continue to steam in company off Narvik.

At 0200, Ark dispatches a trio of 800 Squadron Skuas (OC-Capt. R. T. Partridge, RM) as relief fighter patrol over Risoy sound. Simultaneously, she dispatches a single Swordfish with 810 Squadrons lead crew (CO-Capt. N. R. M. Skene, RM) to lead 4 further Swordfish from Gloriouss 823 Squadron, each armed with 4 x 250 pound GP, 4 x 20 pound Cooper, and 4 x 25 pound incendiary bombs. The force was to be escorted by three additional Skuas from 800 Squadron, led by Lt. G. E. D. Finch-Noyes, RN), each armed with a single 250 pound GP and 4 x 20 pound Cooper bombs. The fighters were to escort the bombers and, if no aerial opposition was encountered, assist the attack on enemy positions around the village of Hunddalen. Unfortunately, the low clouds prevented the force from reaching the objective.

Meanwhile, word arrived at the task force that the Admiralty believed that a force of German warships, including the two battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had sortied from Germany and were heading for Northern waters, perhaps to breakout into the Atlantic, or perhaps to interfere with the evacuation. Unfortunately, while the forecast was entirely accurate, the source was not provided as the factual basis was Ultra intercepts, one of the first times the Royal Navy was to receive such information.

At 0515 Ark responded by launching a pre-emptive search from 220 to 270 degrees by theree 810 Squadron Swordfish, while the rest of the Swordfish were held as a striking force.

Meanwhile, patrols continued.
0130: Fighter patrol: three Skuas of 803 Squadron (Lt. D. C. E. F. Gibson, RN)

0530: A.D A. patrrol: two Swordfish of 820 Squadron

0645: Fighter patrol: Three Skuas from 803 Squadron (Lt. C. H. Filmer, RN) for Risoy

Fighter patrol: Two Skuas of 800 Squadron (Lt. K. V. V. Spurway, RN) for Sags Fjord

0900: Search 230 to 270: Three Swordfish of 810 Squadron

Fighter patrol: Three Skuas of 803 Squadron (Lt. C. W. Peever, RN)

A.D.A. patrol: one Swordfish of 820 Squadron

Weather patrol: one Swordfish of 820 Squadron

At 1200, with the ship in position 70.15 N, 6.53 E, weather was reported as poor over Rombaksfjord, but acceptable over Drag. Thus, two Skuas of 803 Squadron (CO-Lt.Cdr. J. Casson, RN), each armed with single bomb were dispatched on am armed recce flight over the area. One bombed the runway of the German landing ground at Bodo, the other bombed a hotel surrounded by several German vehicles.

At the same time, a relief weather, A.D.A., and fighter (three Skuas of 800 Squadron, Acting S-Lt. R. W. Kearsley, RN) patrols were dispatched.

Based on the report from the armed recce of a German troop concentration at Finneid, an bombing force was organized and, at 1710, six Skuas of 803 Squadron, each armed with one 250 pound GP and four 20 pound Cooper bombs, was led off by Lt. C. W. Peever, RN.. The cloud base had descended too low for a dive-bombing attack to be made, but the bombers made low level attacks in the face of intense AA fire. Several aircraft received minor damage, and the crews reported several fires started.

A the same time, 820 Squadron dispatched a single Swordfish on a further weather patrol. Based on its report of barely acceptable weather, but with a low cloud base, an attack force of 810 Squadron Swordfish was bombed up, departing at 2105. Each aircraft was armed with 4 x 250 pound GP, 2 x 20 pound Cooper, and 4 x 25 pound incendiary bombs. The sub-flights, led by Lt. D. F. Godfrey-Faussett, RN and Lt. N. R. Corbet-Milward, RN split up, one flight bombing Hunddalen, the other bombing Sildvik, concentrating on the railway line, which the crews reported was hit several times. AA fire was encountered, though no aircraft was badly hit.

The long day was closed with flurry of activity at 2330 when 803 Squadron contributed fighter patrols to both Reisen (three Skuas, CO-Lt-Cdr. J. Casson, RN) and Risoy (three Skuas, Lt. C. H. Filmer, RN) and armed recce by 820 Squadron (single Swordfish, 2 x 250 pound GP bombs) to Drag, and a final three plane search for those German battleships, from bearing 220 to 270 to a depth of 140 miles. No enemy forces were sighted by any of this lot, but the armed recce Swordfish elected to bomb a bridge in German held territory.