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TELEGRAM FROM LONDON FEBRUARY 21ST 1941.
 
      NAVAL.
 
      One minesweeping trawler was mined off Tyne a.m. February 20th. 
      No report of sinking received.
 
      
 
 
2. Very heavy f %all of snow Tyne area on February 19th-20th 
      by seriously interfering with all transport will delay repairs 
      to ships in hand.
 
      
 
 
3. Wolf Rock Light reported put out of action by machine gun 
      fire.
 
      
 
 
4. Bramble off Harwich p.m. February 20th was attacked by 
      2 enemy aircraft. One bomb hit but did not explode and she is 
      holed on water line. Bramble shot down one aircraft.
 
      
 
 
5. Two ships were bombed off Falmouth - one reported on fire 
      and sinking the other a 7000 ton tanker was undamaged.
 
      
 
 
6. Military. Ethiopia: South of Lake Taua enemy retreating 
      from Njabara suffered many casualties from patriots.
 
      
 
 
7. Italian Somaliland. On the night of February 17th small 
      parties of our troops crossed the Juba river at Yonte and established 
      a bridgehead. An enemy counter attack with Lorry borne troops 
      was repulsed. Later reports state that a number of South African 
      troops have now reached East bank in the same locality. Our troops 
      also attacked North of Jelib.
 
      
 
 
8. Royal Air Force. On February 20th one Blenheim attacked 
      docks at Ijmuiden causing a large fire and two small formation 
      of fighters.
 
      
 
 
9. Night of February 20th-21st. All operations cancelled. 
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