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Telegram received from London on the evening of August 22nd.
 
      
 
 
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Naval.
 
      
 
 
Our aircraft on patrol Tuesday morning attacked 2 large destroyers 
      and 1 large submarine off west coast of Denmark. The U-boat was 
      forced to submerge and aircraft registered near misses on the 
      destroyer which was also machine-gunned.
 
      
 
 
Yesterday morning our air patrol reported an 8,000 tons transport, 
      screened by 4 destroyers, off west Denmark; other aircraft sent 
      to attack failed to locate this force, but bombed without definite 
      results 4 enemy merchant vessels. One of our aircraft attacked 
      by 7 M.E. 109's for 35 minutes, shot down one into the sea.
 
      
 
 
A British cruiser was unsuccessfully bombed by the enemy yesterday 
      afternoon in St. George's Channel; 3 trawlers were also attacked 
      in the same locality, and one enemy machine was believed to have 
      been hit.
 
      
 
 
One minesweeping trawler was bombed and sunk off Falmouth 
      on the night of August 20th. 
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