7 August 1943

7 August 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

No special occurrences. Construction report, Naval Artillery Battalion 604.

Batterie Mirus: work continued on the sports ground, the day rooms and washing barracks at Nos. 2 and 4 guns, and the wiring of the individual guns and fire-control post. Construction of the battery's central road began and the living bunker at anti-aircraft position No. 3 was extended. A mine fence was erected in front of the perimeter wire, and infantry positions were built within the wiring of the individual guns. Organisation Todt completed banking at No. 3 gun, continued shuttering at anti-aircraft position No. 4 and excavation at Nos. 5 and 6, and began shuttering at No. 8.

Batterie Mirus: Windheim carried out camouflage work at Nos. 1 and 3 guns; Oval and Bruns worked on the horticultural layout at No. 2 gun.

Batterie Steinbruch: the drainage ditch was completed. Work continued on the galley building, crew barrack, canteen and petty-officers' room, and on bunker linings. Infantry positions and the petrol-tank shaft were developed. Defects found during pressure testing of heating and water pipes were remedied. Work continued at the ammunition replenishment bunker; shuttering and reinforcement were carried out at anti-aircraft positions Nos. 1 and 2, and water tank No. 1 was poured. Siemens continued work on the Seipa and Epa installations. The mines at the battery entrance had been laid by engineers but were not yet armed. Camouflage work continued at Nos. 3 and 4 guns.

Batterie Strassburg: the concrete bunker for the anti-tank-gun position was poured. The overhead travelling-crane installations in the ammunition bunkers were completed, and a telephone shelter was built at the fourth anti-aircraft position. The power station accepted the cables and connections were made to the main water supply. The stable received a new roof; a water pipe and chimney were built for the washroom.

Batterie Lothringen: the office barrack was erected. Work continued on close-defence positions, camouflage and horticultural layouts. Organisation Todt poured the second storey of the fire-control post and continued work on the ready-use ammunition niches and horticultural camouflage.

Naval Artillery Battalion 605 — Batterie Annes: the fire-control-post living bunker was poured and screed laid in the machinery bunker. Excavation began for living bunker I; the excavated earth was used for banking at living bunker II. The previously begun work otherwise continued.

Batterie Annes: the position for searchlight II was extended. A crew shelter was built at the first anti-aircraft gun, together with two mortar positions. Drainage and a telephone cable were laid from the second barrack to the service barrack. Construction began on several new machine-gun positions on the north-eastern side of the battery.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0681–0683.