28 August 1942 Part 7

28 August 1942 Control of island fortress engineers in a rapid withdrawal

Editorial note: Selected island-related text and translated chart keys; original symbols and numerical tables are retained in the images. Uncertain small annotations are not silently expanded.

Seventh Army, Ia/Army Engineer Commander No. 512/42, secret command matter, 28 August 1942, Annex 21. In the arrangements for withdrawal of fortress engineer staffs and construction troops at short notice, paragraph 1(e) states that LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters controls the employment of Fortress Engineer Commander XIV and his subordinate units.

Corps headquarters were to submit proposals for assembly areas, transport from present stations and approximate movement times by 10 September. This is a contingency order; it does not record an evacuation of Jersey or the other islands.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1547, 28680/21, Army Engineer Commander. Supplied translation T312 Roll 1547 English translation DRAFT.docx. Local source scans: 0093.jpg, 0094.jpg.