respectively; totals 72, 29, 41; plus 3 unidentified destroyed 
      by anti-aircraft making 75 destroyed.
 
      
 
 
British casualties: shot down 22 fighters (14 pilots saved); 
      missing 6; destroyed on the ground about 21.
 
      
 
 
4. Shipping casualties.
 
      
 
 
By U-boat. Three ships belonging to outward bound wean convoy 
      were torpedoed August 16th in the northwestern approaches Swedish 
      2,300 tons, a straggler from convoy; Dutch 6,200 tons, still 
      afloat; British 6,600 tons. In addition a British ship 5,000 
      tons in ballast, not in convoy and Swedish ship 2,000 tons with 
      wood pulp from Newfoundland were sunk off Northern Ireland. Latter 
      was straggler from convoy.
 
      
 
 
By mine. British ship 5,000 tons sunk off Humber and another 
      1,600 tons sunk by explosion off Holyhead.
 
      
 
 
5. Middle East.
 
      
 
 
Libya.
 
      
 
 
On August 15th 15 Blenheims carried out low level attack on 
      Italian aircraft in harbour. Two flying boats were sunk and two 
      more together with a petrol tender set on fire. Remaining eight 
      aircraft were severely damaged. Our aeroplanes returned safely. 
      Same day one Blenheim scored direct hit on hangars at an Erithrean 
      aerodrome.