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Telegram received from London dated February 5th, 1941.
 
      1. Naval. On the 4th several attacks were made by enemy aircraft 
      on two East-Coast convoy. No damage to ships reported.
 
      
 
 
2. Night of the 4th-5th. Twenty-one tons of bombs were dropped 
      on naval dockyard at Brest. Photographs taken on the 4th and 
      night of the 4th-5th showed Hipper class cruiser to be no longer 
      there. Shipping at Cherbourg and Fokke-Wulf establishment at 
      Bordeaux also attacked.
 
      
 
 
3. Royal Air Force. By day of the 4th. Two sweeps by formations 
      of fighters were carried out over Boulogne Area. No opposition 
      was met.
 
      
 
 
4. Night of the 4th-5th. 157 bombers despatched against various 
      targets.
 
      
 
 
5. In Libya ard Eritrea our aircraft harassed the enemy ground 
      forces and destroyed 36 motor transport vehicles in Varce area.
 
      
 
 
6. German Air Force. Daylight. Activity over land negligible 
      but four enemy aircraft destroyed and one damaged in interceptions 
      over our Coasts.
 
      
 
 
7. Night of 4th-5th. Enemy activity was fairly considerable 
      and occurred chiefly over Eastern England. Our night fighter 
      patrols destroyed one enemy bomber over Sussex.
 
      
 
 
8. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from British 
      Isles.
 
      German: By our fighters
 
      4 destroyed - 1 damaged by night fighters
 
      1 destroyed
 
      Total 5 destroyed - 1 damaged.
 
      British 
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