French Church Feels Brunt Of War -- This 600-year-old French Church, St. Jacques ***** Montebourg, in the city on the road to ***** was wrecked during the battle for ***** in the drive for the port city. ***** was used by the Germans as an artillery ***** post, and its tower was knocked ***** by direct shell fire. American combat ***** with the aid of a bulldozer, ***** up the wreckage outside the church. January 7, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).