English Translation

29 2 All prisoners of war of the Czech Legion who have been detected so far are members of the team. Not a single officer could be found among the prisoners. By interrogations could be determined: Commander of the First Regiment is Colonel d.I. Johann Kratoc h vi l, Commanduur of the Second Regiment colonel d. I. Johann S a t o r i e. The regiments left the training camp in Agde at the beginning of June in 940 and were taken to the department of Sein-et-Marne after several days of transport by train and motor vehicle and deployed north of Coulommiers. No fighting took place. The retreat took place on June 7, and June 19. Almost all the prisoners of war heard were captured these days by German troops as displaced or deserters. The places of the prisoners are quite different, but all in the area south-east of Paris between Seine and Marne. Research in the Protectorate has so far established that 452 former Czech officers are missing here. Through the bsiher analysis, French and Czech file material seized in France as well as through the evaluation of the questionnaires, it has been possible to prove the stay of about 90 of these officers with the Czech Legion or with the enemy air force. In individual questionnaires there are also references to the departure of some officers of the Legion to England or America - just before the deployment of the troops at the front. However, these references have to be clarified by in-depth interrogations, for the Wehrmacht authorized officer The chief of the staff ROng Colonel i.G.