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      Position at Penbroke Dock now much improved. Hoped to save at 
      least 7 tanks and to salve quantity of oil from the moat.
 
      
 
 
Enemy air activity on an increased scale last might, bombs 
      caused fires in city of London and west Indian Docks, which are 
      now under control. Small fires also in Eastern districts of London. 
      Small area of the city temporarily closed as precaution against 
      unexploded, bombs. Bombs also dropped in South west suburbs. 
      Casualties not yet known. Other important attacks were against 
      targets in Midlands and Tyneside, but casualties and damage were 
      not proportionately heavy.
 
      
 
 
4. 
Summary of air ca %sualties.
 
      
 
 
Enemy
 
Destroyed
 
probable
 
damaged
 
      
 
 
By our fighters 17 bombers 3 bombers 6 bombers
 
      By our fighters 23 fighters 10 fighters 9 fighters
 
      By anti-aircraft
 
      Fire one four nil
 
      (type of aircraft unknown)
 
      Total 41 17 15
 
      In addition, 2 enemy bombers thought to have been destroyed by 
      our fighters during last night attacks.
 
      British: 20 fighters, (14 pilots saved).
 
      
 
 
5. 
Shipping casualties.
 
      
 
 
1 British ship (10,000 tons) torpedoed and sunk in home waters 
      night of 23rd/24th. 2 other ships (total 11,000 tons) in the 
      same convoy damaged. 1 British ship (6,000 tons) damaged by torpedo 
      in home waters yesterday. 1 panamanian ship (4,000 tons) sunk 
      by torpedo 340 miles west of Ireland on August 20th. 1 additional 
      British ship (5,000 tons) also sunk in enemy air attack in Moray 
      Firth, recorded in paragraph 5 of my immediately preceding telegram.