at Wilhlemshaven, Hamburg and Kiel, an oil plant, Krupps works
at Essen and two ships near Ters Conditions over Channel ports
were more favorable and successful attacks made a %gainst Boulogne,
Havre, Calais, Dunkirk, 0stend and Flushing.
During October 14th twelve Blenheims were dispatched to attack
targets in Germany and occupied territory, but owing to adverse
weather conditions only two located and bombed their targets,
results being unobserved. One Blenheim missing.
During the night of October 14th-15th 74 heavy bombers dispatched
to attack docks and shipping at Havre, synthetic oil plants in
Germany, and targets in Berlin. Reports not yet received.
3. German Air Force.
Full production has been resumed at the ammunition works reported
damaged in paragraph of my immediately preceding telegram.
Further reports of damage caused by enemy attacks on night of
October 13th-14th show that certain damage was done to railways
in London area and some lines are temporarily blocked. Provisional
casualty figures far London region during this night are lY5
killed and ?438 wounded, exclusive of casualties at block of
flats referred to in my immediately preceding telegram which
are not yet assessed. A fire was caused in the docks at Birkenhead,
and bombing also took place in Rent and Surrey, but no military
damage occurred.
During October 14th enemy air activity was an a relatively small
scale and starting at about midday, Single aircraft operated
over London and southern counties. Later 50 enemy aircraft crossed
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