Telegram received from London dated March 4th, 1941. Naval. 1. Small force of bombers attacked Hipper class cruiser at Brest night of 3rd/4th - no results known yet. % 2. Naval aircraft bombed North Harbour Massawa after dark on March 1st. Bombs hit small floating dock believed to contain U-boat. "Upright" reports she put one torpedo into unescorted ship south east of Sfax on February 23rd, ship burst into flames and believed sank, also night of February 24th/25th she hit with one torpedo out of four the largest of 3 enemy warships either Armando class cruiser or Navigatore class destroyer but fate of ship not observed. 3. A.P. trawler "Cobbers" bombed and sunk off Lowestoft on March 3rd: troop convoy of 16 ships totalling 314,599 G R tons has arrived at Suez. 4. Military - Bulgaria. Reported 20 German divisions including 4 armoured and 3 motorized are moving South from Roumania. German troops crossed the Danube at 6 points and moving on three main routes towards Gorna Djumaya, Provdiv and Stara Oagora. Advance units appear to have reached a line Maritsa. Large numbers of German troops reported in Burgas and anti-aircraft units at Varna. 5. Libya. Total Italian Libyan prisoners taken in Libya alone is 133,000. 6./ |