Telegram from London 
                     dated October 18th, 1941               
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                    Operational Summary                     
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. (Information received up to 7 
                    Am., October 18th, 1941.)               
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           Naval.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> Russian submarine has torpedoed 
         and sunk 3,000 tons ship off North East Norway.    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Small tanker and small 
      Greek ship carrying petrol and stores for Tobruk were sunk by 
    submarine 50 miles west of Alexandria early October 17th
 
      Homeward Canadian convoy was again attacked on October 16th/l7th 
      and 8 ships, totaling about 45,000 tons were sunk; 3 British, 
      3 Norwegian, 1 Greek and 1 panamanian. Two were tankers the others 
      carried raw materials and general cargoes. Early October 18th 
 1 escorting British destroyer was torpedoed; she is still a
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                         Military,                          
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> Russian statement that they evacuated 
the greater part of the Odessa garrison by sea is probably c
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          Tobruk.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> October 15th/16th. British patrol 
      of 2 officers and 24 other ranks engaged large enemy working 
      party S.E. of Tobruk and inflicted about 20 casualties without 
  loss. 13 enemy tanks seen in his area withdrew to dead gro
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                      Royal Air Force.                      
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> October 16th/17th. Duisburg. 66 
      aircraft dropped 72 tons of H.E. and 7400 incendiaries. Total 
      of 25 tons dropped on Dunkirk and Ostend: bursts seen in docks 
      and fires were started. A Hudson possibly hit 6,000 tons merchant 
                     vessel off Dutch coast.                
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                       October 17th.                        
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE=" %Courier New"> Hurricanes and a Spitfire attacked 
        small enemy craft off Oebrugga and Ostend ·