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. |