TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                         OCTOBER 9TH,1941                   
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
British ship 4000 tons 
      was bombed and sunk night of October 7th/October 8th while anchored 
                   at Suez. The canallis open.              
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. Dutch submarine on October 
      3rd. torpedoed and sank French merchant ship 3800 tons 20 miles 
                  east of Terranova (Sardinia).             
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            3.                              
Night of October 
                         6th/October 7th                    
. 23 Wellingtons bombed Piraeus harbor; damage 
      extensive, violent explosions in warehouses. Same night ten Blenheims 
                          bombed Bardia.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            4.                              
                    Libya. October 7th.                     
      Marylands escorted by Tomahawks attacked two dumps near Gambut; 
         enemy fighter probably destroyed second damaged.   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            5.                              
October 6th and October 
                               7th.                         
 Enemy aircraft (one probably destroyed) bombed Tobruk 
      town and harbor. Positions in E1 Adem Sector machine gunned. 
      Troops west of Bu.... Bu.... machine gunned and attacks made 
    on landing grounds in Sidi Hanish. No damage or casualti
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            6.                              
                         Palestine.                         
 October 
      7th, October 8th. Nine hostile aircraft attacked Haifa, negligible 
                             damage.                        
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            7.                              
                           Malta.                           
 October 
      7th, October 8th. Six aircraft approached the island but dropped 
      bombs in the sea. October 8th. Six aircraft approached the coast 
                        but did not cross.