TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED AUGUST 30th, 1941.        
 
                                                            
 
 
Deucalion has arrived Gibraltar Phoebe has arrived in harbor. 
      A British submarine scored a possible hit on merchant ship in 
      Mandri Channel a.m. 15th. Also sunk by gunfire on August 20th 
      schooner with cargo of oil. H.M.A.S. Yarra captured Italian merchant 
      vessel Hilda 5,000 tons in the Persian Gulf August 27th fires 
      started on board the Hilda were extinguished. She is being towed 
      into harbor. During air raid on Suez Canal zone night of August 
      27th/28th only damage reported at ABU Sultan where ammunition 
              train hit. Suez Canal reported closed.        
 
                                                            
 
 
2. Royal Air Force August 29th. During day our fighters over 
      Northern France destroyed l0 enemy fighters; we lost ten Spitfires. 
      August 29th/30th Over 240 dispatched to targets including Mannheim 
      and Frankfurt. Five are missing. Results not yet known
 
                                                            
 
 
3. German Air Force. 52 German aircraft operating, 13 crossed 
      the coast. Majority mine laying or working against shipping off 
      the East Coast One destroyed by balloon cable and another probably 
                   destroyed by night fighters.             
 
                                                            
 
 
4. Royal Air Force August 28th. 5 Blenheims attacked by two 
      ships previously reported west of Sapienza. Three hits obtained 
      on one ship of 5,000 tons when last seen ship stopped down by 
      the stern. One bomb hit the other ship but the results not seen. 
      No opposition Believed ships probably Italian Ciliccia and 0rion. 
      P.M. August 27th at Tobruk during air raid by 40 dive-bombers 
      minesweeper Skud 3rd sunk. One aircraft shot down certain three 
                            probably.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
5.Germany. Air reconnaissance August 24th shows traffic border 
      area increasing, idarshalling sidings filled. Continued indication 
      traffic trend southwards towards banish frontier.