Telegram despatched from London in the evening of August 28th, 
      1940
 
      
 
 
Naval
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Last night a British armed merchant cruiser was hit by two 
      torpedoed in North Western Approaches.
 
      
 
 
A British cruiser was unsuccessfully attacked by a torpedo 
      carrying aircraft off Alexandria yesterday morning, and a British 
      submarine reports on August 21st she attacked two enemy merchant 
      vessels escorted by a destroyer.
 
      
 
 
The merchant vessels are considered to have been sunk.
 
      
 
 
Royal Air Force.
 
      
 
 
Some very satisfactory reports of bombing operations on night 
      of August 26th/27th have been received. Aircraft factory at Frankfurt, 
      large fires started; oil stocks at Frankfurt, large fires increasing 
      in intensity; an explosive factory, very large fire, many explosions; 
      another explosive factory, series of explosions followed by intense 
      white fire; Leuna synthetic oil plant, fire started; Leipsig 
      gas works, large fires; chemical factory at Cologne, big explosion, 
      many fires. A number of other targets including aerodromes were 
      also bombed. One enemy bomber, probably returning from England, 
      was shot down near a French aerodrome.