TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED MARCH 10th 1941.
1. Naval. E Boats approaching two convoys off East Coast night
of 9th/10th, were driven off by "Worcester" and &q %uot;Southdown".
No apparent damage to any ship. One Minesweeper is mined and
sunk off Dungeness.
2. During attack on Malta by fifteen enemy aircraft night
of March 7th/8th, His Majesty's Ship "Imperial" slightly
damaged, S.S. "Essex" damaged by two hits and one near
miss.
3. M.S. Trawler "Nadine" attacked by Heinkel air
craft off Yarmouth a.m. March 8th was not damaged but she severely
damaged and set on fire the aircraft with machine guns. Last
seen diving towards the sea.
4. Two East Coast Convoys bombed p.m. March 9th off Aberdeen
Coast - no damage - but one ship of channel convoy in the Straits
of Dover was hit by bombs night of March 9th/10th.
5. Military. South East Europe. Total German divisions in
South East Europe now probably twenty-eight. Total of thirty
to thirty-two divisions may be reached in the near future. Approximately
thirteen German divisions reported in Bulgaria.
6. Royal Air Force. March 9th and March 9th/10th. No operations
by bomber command owing to weather.
7. Albania. On March 8th eighteen medium bombers escorted
by fighters bombed Tepelene and large enemy convoys in the vicinity.
8. Ethiopia. Medium bombers from Aden dropped two and one-half
tons of bombs onDiredawa.
9. German Air Force. March 9th. In earling norning twelve
Messerschmidt 109's made an ineffective attack on Manston