14 January 1944

14–15 January 1944 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

No special occurrences.

Construction, Naval Artillery Battalion 604. Batterie Mirus: the battery made cover pits for protection against tanks, strengthened the wire obstacles at No. 4 gun and continued the emplacement for the 7.5-cm gun at No. 2 gun. Construction began on anti-aircraft position Essen. Kobold & Bruns continued camouflage work.

Batterie Steinbruch: the battery continued work on anti-aircraft positions 5 and 6, wire obstacles, cable trenches and fitting out the washrooms at the guns. The gardening firm levelled and planted the ground. Siemens worked on lighting and ventilation in the anti-aircraft bunkers.

Batterie Strassburg: close-defence development continued. Excavation for the 7.5-cm gun shelter was completed; excavation began for the shelter for the generating set and searchlight B. The camouflage firm carried out camouflage and painting.

Batterie Lothringen: development of the close-defence installations and searchlight shelter A; shuttering work in the calculating room. Construction began on a shelter for 7.5-cm ammunition.

Roll 2422, scan 0779, original page 4.