7. Reported from four separate sources that Italian battleships
"Giulio Cesare" and "Conte di Cavour" recently
inadvertently attacked by Italian aircraft and severely damaged
with numerous casualties. Reports suggest that resemblance to
British "Hood" when viewed from air accounted for the
mistake.
8. German divisions in France believed distributed as follows:
Northen France
(Within approximately 50 miles of the
coast between Dunkirk and breast) forty.
Swiss Frontier
(Bale to Geneva) seven,possibly including
one armoured.
Bordeaux to Spanish Frontie
r, three, (possibly including
one motorised).
West of France,
fifteen.
Total
: sixty-five.