Telegram from London dated October llth, 1940.
 
       
 
      
Naval.
 
      During the night of October lOth-llth a bombardment of the harbour 
      and shipping at Che %rbourg was carried out by one battleship and 
      a force of cruisers and destroyers in conjunction with an air 
      attack by heavy and medium bombers.
 
      A naval patrol vessel was mined and sunk in the Firth of Forth 
      on October 10th.
 
      
 
 
2. Royal Air Force.
 
      During the night of October 9th-lOth observation of our bombarding 
      operations was difficult and results could not always be assessed. 
      However, 4 invasion ports were attacked and fires started at 
      Flushing and Amsterdam; the synthetic oil plant at Cologne and 
      Krupp's work were attacked; large fires were started by 7 heavy 
      bombers at an aluminum works; Reisholz power station and an armament 
      Factory at Cologne were bombed by single aircraft. Several railway 
      targets and lO aerodromes were also attacked and mine laying 
      and leaflet dropping were also undertaken.
 
      
 
 
During the night of October 10th-llth 167 bombers were dispatched 
      as follows. Invasion ports, 52 aircraft; marshalling yards, lO 
      aircraft; cooperating with Royal Navy, 13 aircraft; 6 oil targets, 
      67 heavy bombers; Wilhelmshaven docks, 13 heavy bombers; Krupp's 
      works at Kiel, ll heavy
 
      bombers/