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                               8.                           
                     German Air Force.                      
 October 6th/7th. Few enemy aircraft 
                            operated.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            9.                              
                           Libya                            
. October 
   4th/5h. Trobruk bombed for eight hours by about 50 aircra
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            10.                             
                           Malta.                           
 October 
      4th/5th. Two aircraft dropped bombs causing few civilian casualties 
                  and slight damage to property.            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            11.                             
                      Smolansk Sector.                      
      No definite news. Fighting continues southwest of Kharkov. Germans 
              progressing towards t %he Sea of Azor.