Telegram from London dated October 16th.
 
      
 
 
Naval.
 
      Monitor bombarded Dunkirk docks on the night of October 15th-16th.
 
      Naval Patrol vessel sunk off the East Coast on October 15th, 
      4 casualties and 2 suvivors.
 
      Further information received regarding the naval operations in 
      the Mediterranean referred to in paragraph 1 of my telegram of 
      October 13th reveal that H.M.S. "Ajax" sighted 3 (not 
      2) Italian destroyers on the night of October llth-12th and sank 
      two of them outright. Later she sighted a cruiser and 4 destroyers, 
      I of which she damaged, the other ships disappearing in the darkness.
 
      On the morning of October 12th H.M.S. "Ajax" and H.M.S. 
      "York" located damaged destroyer ("Artigliere" 
      of 1620 tons completed in 1937). She was in tow of another destroyer, 
      but this at once slipped tow and escaped under a smoke screen. 
      The crew of "Artigliere" then abandoned ship, and when 
      they had done so, the "Artigliere" was sunk by gun 
      fire. As the ships were in the vicinity o~ air bases and the 
      sea was calm survivors were not rescued but their position was 
      reported en clair by W/T.
 
      Subsequently/