Telegram despatched from London in the evening od august 11th,
1940.
1.
Naval.
Destroyer "Fearless" in collision with His Majesty's
Trawler "Willful" probably need docking. Trawler badly
damaged.
2.
Royal Air Force.
Heavy bombers during night of the 9th-10th August dropped
13 H.E. and 680 incendiary bombs on aluminium factory at Cologne;
many hits observed causing fires and explosions. Aircraft attacking
during latter stages of operation reported seeing burnt out buildings.
Nine heavy bombers located and attacked aluminium works at
Ludwigshafen, results doubtful;various railway targets also attacked
apparently successfully. Our medium bombers started fires among
hangars at Guernsey aerodrome and obtained direct hits on oil
tanks at Flushing.
Yesterday 22 Blenheims carried out harassing attacks on aerodromes
in the Low Countries and Northern France.
Three twin-engined aircraft damaged on ground. Two of our
aircraft missing.
Last night 20 heavy bombers despatched against shipbuilding
yards, oil stocks and other military objectives and 2 to drop
leaflets on