Telegram from London dated October 12th.
 
       
 
      
1. Naval
. During operations off Cherbourg on night of 
      October lOth/llth, one hundred and twenty shells (fifteen inch) 
      and eight hundred shells (4.1 inch) were fired by our warships. 
      Many salvoes fell in target area and large fires were started. 
      At first enemy did not appear to realise that attack came from 
      sea but later fire was opened by a 13.5 inch battery which straddled 
      our ships up to 18 miles without causing damage or casualties.
 
      During night of October llth-October 12th three motor torpedo 
      boats torpedoed and sank two enemy trawlers o~ Calais and brought 
      home thirty-four prisoners. (It is not proposed to publish this). 
      Reports from two British me merchant vessels indicated that two 
      enemy surface raiders may be operating in mid-Atlantic.
 
      
 
 
2. Royal Air Force.
 During the night of October lOth-llth, 
      fifty-nine bombers attacked shipping in invasion ports, five 
      marshalling yards were bombed and hits were registered on all 
      except one where results could not be observed. Attacks on oil 
      targets in German appear to have been very successful and 44 
      heavy bombers located and bombed their objectives. Hits were 
      seen in dockyards at Bremerhaven and Kiel which were attacked 
      by 21 heavy bombers but at Wilhelmshaven results were unobserved. 
      Eindhoven and 7 other aerodromes were/