TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED OCTOBER 29th, 1941
A mixed cruiser and destroyer force bombarded the Bardia area
on the night of 25th/26th. 2 F.A.A. Albacores dropped flares
illuminating the harbor for this bombardment and also bombed
the entrance to the harbor.
The M/V Georgic 27,759 tons bombed and sunk off Suez on the
11th July has been salvaged.
On the night of 26th/27th and on the following day, 4 Wellington
and 9 Maryland attacked the docks at Dunkirk.
During operations over Northern Prance in daylight on the
28th our fighters attacked barges and factories near Dunkirk,
2 M.E, 109's were destroyed and 1 was destroyed on the gro
A Hudson Aircraft hit a medium sized merchant ship off Terschelling
on the 28th.
On the night of the 28th/29th the Royal Air Force raided Cherbourg
and the Skoda works. All aircraft returned. 85 enemy aircraft
operated against the United Kingdom during the night of the 28th/29th
dropping some bombs in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. No important
damage was done. One enemy bomber was destroyed by night fig
RUSSIA:
Kalinin Sectors Russian counter attacks are
preventing Germans from consolidating their positions,
Moscow Sector
: The Germans have made slight progress
North of Kubinsk on the Mozhaisk-Moscow Road and East of Narofominsk,
The Russians are counter-attacking in the direction of Mozh
Donetz Basin
: The Russians are resisting strongly and
the Germans have made little progress.
Romtov Sector
: No change is reported.