English Translation

37 2 the 1st regiment lay in Pezenas (about 24 kilometers north of Agde), the 2nd regiment, the 3rd regiment (was only in position) and the mixed reconnaissance department of the division were in the camp in Agde, the division artillery in Narbonne, La Nouvelle and Monte Pellier. Since the autumn of l939, Czech airmen were assigned to the French air force. A part of the Czech aircraft was born in Agde and formed the framework for the formation of the future "Czechoslovak Air Force". About the use of Czechs on the front are only sparse news available. Czechs occasionally appear as members of the foreign regiments, especially the I.R.ll, at the front. Their number was apparently extraordinary in these regiments, as they were essentially composed of Italians, Jews, Russians and German Eaigrants. On 15.6.l940, the L. Chechnya Division formed in the Wehrkreis XVI in the Gend West Sens took part in the battle in the Agde camp. An article of the "Basel Nachrichten" of 10 July 940 shows that two Czech legion authorities were enlisted in a port in southern France during the ceasefire negotiations. Following the conclusion of the negotiations, the French Government prohibited these ships from leaving. A present English warship finally forced the departure and it can be assumed that 2 Czech regiments were allowed to enter England. The Czech aviation departments probably also reached England by plane, Czech prisoners of war could only occasionally go to Stalags (main camp for crews) fetge-