Telegram from London dated October 18th.
 
      
 
 
1. 
Naval.
 
      At 5.15 p.m. on October 17th two British destroyers ran aground 
      off the Tyne. They have not yet been re-floated.
 
      H. N. armed merchant cruiser "Cheshire", torpedoed 
      on October 14th, has arrived safely in port.
 
      On the morning of October l7th four French submarines, escorted 
      by a sloop and a tanker, passed westwards through the Straits 
      of Gibraltar. The French cruiser "Primauguet", an oiler, 
      and two submarines, are reported to have sailed southwards from 
      Dakar on October 16th, four promising attacks on U-boats on October 
      l7th are reported, 2 by aircraft, 1 by warship, and 1 by sloop. 
      In the last/the submarine was attacked by gun fire.
 
      
 
 
2. 
Royal Air Force.
 
      During the night of October 16th-17th 27 heavy bombers attacked 
      shipyards at Kiel, 13 bursts were observed close to "Gneisenau" 
      and all bombs fell in the dockyard area; docks and shipyards 
      at Hamburg and Bremen were bombed on a smaller scale and, although 
      fires were caused accurate observation of results was not possible. 
      Eight heavy bombers located and bombed synthetic
 
      Oil/