Telegram despatched from London in the evening of August 14th, 
      1940
 
      
 
 
Naval
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Early yesterday morning three MTB's encountered E-boats and 
      anti-aircraft ships off the Dutch coast. They engaged enemy with 
      hand grenades and MGs and one MTB rammed an E-boat which reduced 
      her speed to 6 knots, damage to enemy unknown. All our MTBs returned 
      safely.
 
      
 
 
Somaliland.
 
      
 
 
Yesterday destroyer "Kimberley" and sloop "Auckland" 
      bombarded and dispersed enemy troops and lorries on the coast 
      road west Berbera and probably delayed enemy's advance.
 
      
 
 
One M-8 trawler bombed and sunk in Downs.
 
      
 
 
2. 
Royal Air Force.
 
      
 
 
Night operations on August 12th-13th again hampered by cloud. 
      Only small number of
 
      aircraft bombed prinmr2 targets. Fires started at Gotha aircraft 
      factory, other aircraft attacked aerodromes as secondary targets. 
      Five Blenheims attacked aerodromes north-west France, one missing. 
      Bocks in Northern Holland successfully attacked, some mine-laying 
      also accomplished.
 
      
 
 
Yesterday 9 out of 17 Blenheims bombed aerodromes at Jersey 
      and north-west France, 7 others obliged to abandon task, 1 failed 
      to return.