TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED SEPTEMBER 1st, 1941.       
 
                                                            
 
 
                      August 30th/31st                      
 
      8 ½ tons of high explosives and nearly 1,000 incendiaries 
        dropped Cherbourg. Many bursts seen in dock area.   
 
                                                            
 
 
2. 31 Blenheims bombed industrial buildings Lille, aerodrome 
      in Britanny, and shipyards near Rouen. Fortress from 35,000 ft. 
      dropped bombs in the center of Bremen. Fighters escorting Blenheims 
          destroyed 1 enemy fighter. We lost 2 fighters.    
 
                                                            
 
 
               3. Night of 31st/September 1st               
 
      Nearly 200 aircraft dispatched; targets included Cologne and 
                         Essen 7 missing.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
                4. Night of August 30th/31st                
 
                9 Wellington's attacked Tripoli L.          
 
                  One ship hit and set on fire.             
 
                                                            
 
 
                 5. Malta. August 30th/31st                 
 
      Five torpedo bombers attacked 1200 tons enemy merchant vessel 
     near Lampedusa. One hit scored left ship listing heavil
 
                                                            
 
 
         6. German Air Force. Aug. 3lst/Sept. 1st.          
 
      93 aircraft operating of which 35 crossed coast. One destroyed 
      by night fighters. Main concentration on Hull and neighboring 
      district some damage to house property and some casualties.