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Telegram despatched from London on the evening of August 21st
 
      
 
 
Naval
 
      
 
 
1. Early yesterday, British ship "Turakina" (9,000 
      tons) reported that she was being fired on 330 miles west of 
      North Island of New Oealand.
 
      
 
 
At 3 a.m. yesterday fleet air arm aircraft on patrol attacked 
      4 E-boats and dropped bombs near enough to cause superficial 
      damage. The E-boats broke formation and made for Cherbourg. Other 
      aircraft of fleet air arm attacked shipping off southwest Norway: 
      one ship (3,000 tons) was hit with 2 bombs and 2 oil tankers 
      were attacked.
 
      
 
 
74 ocean going ships in convoy, including 18 tankers, have 
      arrived safely in United Kingdom ports during the last 2 days.
 
      
 
 
2. 
Royal Air Force
. During the night of August 19th/20th 
      about 30 aerodromes, mainly in France and Holland, were attacked. 
      In some cases results could not be seen, but in others fires 
      were started. The "Gneisenau" at Kiel could not be 
      located, but 13 aircraft bombed the harbour with good results. 
      The Berlin electric power station was attacked by 8 aircraft, 
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