TELEGRAM LONDON DATED
                        OCTOBER 20th 1941.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Naval
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> A Russian submarine on return
      from patrol eastwards of North Cape claims four enemy merchant
        ships hit between September 26th and October 11th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
One of His Majesty's submarines
 sank two ships in convoy 50 miles west of Lampedusa on the
 
 
 
 
 
 
A 9,000 tons tanker was
      torpedoed off Straits of Gibraltar on 19th but is still afloat
                          in two halves.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                            2.
                         Military.
 Russia.
      Germans hampered by hard weather have made little progress towards
      Moscow. They are advancing slightly towards Kharkov in Donetz
                    basin and towards Rostov.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          Ethiopia
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> Enemy troops, combatant strength
                  about 15,000 remain in Gondar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                            3.
Royal Air Force.
                              19th.
 Fighters carried out l0 small offensive operations
                      over Northern France.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    19th and 19th/20th.
 
 
   SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> No operations by Bomber Com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        Middle East
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. 18th. 15 Marylands attacked two
                   Cyrenaican landing grounds.
 
      18th/19th. Mediterranean. Naval aircraft attacked convoy 85 miles
      north west of Tripoli (L) and made 5 torpedo hits on a 6,000
      ton ship which was left stationary and on fire. A second ship
                      was probably damaged.
 
 
 
 
 
 
19th. A Hurricane destroyed
              an Italian bomber south of Lampedusa.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          Sicily.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 19th. % 6 Blenheims attacked ammumition
      factory and power station at Licata and 5 Hurricanes carrying
      bombs aerodrome at Comlso. No enemy opposition: bombs fell in
                         the target area.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         Ethlopia.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">17th. Bombers and fighters attacked
               objectives and trenches near Azazo,
 
 
 
 
 
 
                            4.
                     German Air Force.
      19th/20th. 55 enemy aircraft were operating principally in Thames
    Estuary: flew inland. Night fighters destroyed one bombe