TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                    DATED OCTOBER 13th, 1941.               
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                          Summary.                          
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           Naval.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> His Majesty's Destroyer Norman 
      (words omitted) T.U.C. officials on board arrived at Archangel 
                         on October 12th.                   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. East coast convoy was 
      attacked by E. boats off Cromer night of 12th/15th; two small 
      merchant vessels were sunk. An attack on another convoy later 
was driven off without loss and two E boats were possibly da
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
3. Reference our, telegram 
      October 7th, third paragraph. After investigation there appears 
      no evidence of sabotage or of internal explosion in this ship, 
                which probably struck Darien rook.          
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            4.                              
                         Military.                          
 Tobruk. 
      During nights 9th/10th successful fighting patrols. On 9th/10th 
      an Italian working party about 150 strong was ambushed by a patrols 
      of 20 which opened fire at point blank range with Brens and MGs 
      inflicting 50 to 40 casualties before withdrawing without loss. 
      On 10th/lth another patrol successfully engaged at 250 yards 
      range a party of 50 enemy bunched on the skyline; patrol destroyed, 
      no loss. A third patrol of 24 strong allowed an Italian party 
      of about thirty, preceded by scouts to approach within ten yards 
      when fire was opened with every available weapon; about 15 enemy 
      were killed and a wounded officer was captured; our casualties 
                     were 2 slightly wounded.               
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
5. In Southern sector of 
      perimeter German tanks and Italian infantry succeeded in clear 
      in gone of our observation posts, our casualties 2 killed and 
      7 wounded; enemy consolidated this area with help of 10 tanks 
                            following