26 March 1942 Part 3

26 March 1942 Correction postponing Jersey naval artillery reinforcements

[Scan 1067.jpg] Secret command matter. Army High Command/Army General Staff/Organisation Branch (III), no. 966/42, second submission. Headquarters, 26 March 1942. Eight copies; copy 4. Reference: no. 966/42 of 15 March 1942. Subject: Artillery for Channel Islands. To Commander-in-Chief West (copy 1); information Naval High Command/Naval War Staff (copy 2), Fifteenth Army (copy 3). Received 27 March 1942, no. 20085/42, second submission.

In the above letter, on page 2 delete paragraph 3, regarding enclosure 3, I–III. Replace it with: “3. Regarding enclosure 3, I–III: Naval High Command has promised delivery of one very heavy battery in 1943 at the earliest; exact date cannot yet be determined. Delivery of one naval-artillery battalion staff for 1942; date not yet fixed. Delivery of one medium battery and replacement of two Army coastal batteries (470 and 356) by two medium batteries for 1943.” By order: [signature unclear]. After dispatch: Operations Branch (copy 4); General of Artillery attached to Commander-in-Chief Army (copy 5); General of Engineers and Fortifications (copy 6); Organisation Branch war diary (copy 7); draft (copy 8). [Handwritten routing annotations partly illegible.]

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1067.jpg.