windows, doors and ceilings in No, 10 Downing Street. Some
damage occurred at the National Gallery due to a delayed action
bomb. Total figure of casualties not yet assessed. Three attacks
also made on Coventry and one attack on Brighton.
4. Air Casualties.
Three enemy bombers were damaged. No casualties to British aircraft,
except 4 bomber aircraft reported lost in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph
2.
5. Shipping Casualties.
Ship carrying rifles and aeroplanes reported attacked by enemy
U-boat in my telegram of October 12th has arrived safely at United
Kingdom port.
It now transpires that attack against this ship was unsuccessful
and she is undamaged.
On October 14th, New Oealand S. S. "Hurunui" (10,000
tons) torpedoed and sunk in convoy off northwest coast of Scotland,
some survivors reported to have been picked up.