Telegram from London dated October 7th, 1940.
 
      
 
 
1. Naval.
 
      A British submarine reports in daylight on October 1st when near 
      Cherbourg she attacked four enemy destroyers with torpedoes the 
      result is unknown (confirmation of paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 
      two, of summary of October 2nd).
 
      Reference paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 3, of summary of October 
      6th, twenty-eight survivors of this trawler have landed in Spain.
 
      Three attacks were made on U-boats yesterday; one by a Dutch 
      submarine, one by aircraft and one by a naval unit. In all cases, 
      results could not be seen.
 
      
 
 
2. Royal Air Force.
 
      
 
 
 Owing to unfavorable weather conditions on night of the 5th/6th, 
      only a few of the aircraft dispatched penetrated into Germany, 
      fires were started at Gelsenkirchen oil plant and at three railway 
      targets, and Krupp works were attacked with unknown results. 
      Other aircraft bombed aerodreomes in Holland, and machines of 
      Coastal command bombed shipping at Brest, and barges and mechanical 
      transport near Calais. Minelaying operations were made difficult 
      by cloudy and icing conditions.
 
      
 
 
During the daylight of October 6th, twenty-one medium bombers 
      were dispatched and all returned safely. Attacks were made on 
      Calais Harbor, three aerodromes, and/