5.
 Shipping Casualties.
 
      By U-boat
. It is now reported that a British ship (6000 tons) 
      was torpedoed and sunk on October 6th off southwest Ireland. 
      On October 17th a British ship (3800 tons) was torpedoed and 
      sunk off northwest Scotland.
 
      
By mine
. Two British ships, aggregating 3000 tons, were 
      mined off the East Coast and one of 900 tons in the Thames Estuary 
      on October l7th.
 
      
By E-boat
. On the same day a north-bound convoy was attacked 
      by an E-boat off the East Coast. Three ships were damaged, two 
      of which aggregating 5,300 tons had to be abandoned. One E-boat 
      is reported to have been sunk.
 
      
 
 
6.
 Middle East.
 
      On the night of October 15th-16th and during the following day 
      four Italian bases in Libya were attacked by our aircraft. At 
      Tobruk fires were started in the harbor area. 
 
      
Sudan.
 
      As the result of an enemy air attack