TELEGRAM FR0M LONDON DATED AUGUST 29th, 1941        
 
                                                            
 
 
British submarine reports sinking of laden 2,000 ton merchant 
      ship off North West Sicily on August 20th and obtaining two torpedo 
      hits on Italian fleet oiler in same area on August 27th. H.M.S. 
      Phoebe hit by aircraft torpedo north of Bardia p.m. August 27th 
      has returned to harbor 12 knots. H.M.S. Hawkins on arrival at 
   Simonstown on August 26th had been 47 days at sea out of 
 
                                                            
 
 
2. Imports into Great Britain in convoy for week ending August 
      23rd totaled 1,373,683 tons. Highest weekly figure during past 
                            12 months.                      
 
                                                            
 
 
3. August 28th Blenheims with fighter aircraft made low-level 
      attack on Rotterdam docks. Direct hits on one merchant vessel 
      of 8 to l0 thousand tons and on another of 8 thousand tons; other 
      vessels and ships under construction attacked with unobserved 
      results and one aircraft claimed direct hit on sheds in docks. 
 Heavy anti-aircraft opposition, 7 -Blenheims, 5 fighters mi
 
                                                            
 
 
4. Night August 28th-29th 150 aircraft dispatched to targets 
      including Duisburg railway centers and searchlights 0stend and 
      Dunkirk, 9 missing, at Duisburg concentration Flak and searchlights 
      was the biggest experienced but good results obtained. Direct 
      hits claimed on railway station and huge explosion close to it. 
                  Very large fires also started.            
 
                                                            
 
 
5. Middle East August 26th/27th light attacks by Wellington's 
      on Benghazi harbor and by Maryland's on tank concentrations 45 
      miles east of Tobruk. Fighters protecting shipping shot down 
           3 German fighters; one Hurricane is missing.     
 
                                                            
 
 
6. August 27th/28th our torpedo bombers scored hit on 8,000 
      tons merchant vessel near Lampedus and on August 28th Blenheims 
      over Iomian Sea made 8 hits on 5,000 tons merchant vessel last 
      seen stationary and down by the stern; 1 hit obtained on another 
      ship.