Telegram despatched from London late on the evening of August 
      24th
 
      
 
 
1. 
Naval.
 H.M. Destroyer "Hostile" mined 
      and sunk off Cape Bon Tunisia early August 23rd. No detailed 
      report yet received but survivors were picked up by accompanying 
      destroyers.
 
      
 
 
On August 23rd three Swordfish aircraft supported by Royal 
      Air Force aircraft made torpedo attacks on Bomba Libya sinking 
      one Italian destroyer one depot ship and two submarines. All 
      aircraft returned.
 
      
 
 
2. 
Royal Air Force
. Following results observed during 
      operations night of August 22nd/23rd. Fires on eight out of seventeen 
      aerodromes attacked. Fire and explosion in oil plant at Bottrop 
      and fires on railway targets. Fires observed on explosive factory 
      near Frankfurt and Cologne power station and Duisburg-Ruhrort 
      inland ports. Results of attacks on Frankfurt and Boulogne harbour 
      not observed due to weather conditions.
 
      
 
 
During August 23 twenty-one Blenheims attacked enemy-occupied 
      aerodromes and Dieppe harbour and various communications. Six 
      Battles from Coastal Command attacked E-boats in Boulogne harbour. 
      One Blenheim and two Battles Missing.