TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED MARCH 15TH 1941:
 
      
 
 
NAVAL
 
      1.During an air attack on the Clyde area night of March  13th/14th 
      two destroyers building damaged. Other ships superficial damage 
      only.
 
      
 
 
2. At Liverpool night of March 12th/13th 7 merchant vessels 
      were damaged.
 
      
 
 
3. Off Lowestoft and Yarmouth night of March 14th/15th E-Boats 
      were active. "Versatile" on escort missed by 2 torpedoes. 
      
 
      
 
 
4. Early on March 15th coastal aircraft bombed docks at Brest 
      also warship which may have been a German cruiser.
 
      
 
 
5. ROYAL AIR FORCE
 
      Night of March 13th/14th. Attack on industries and shipyards 
      at Hamburg very ferocious; 84 tons of high explosive and 13,000 
      incendiaries dropped under good conditions.
 
      
 
 
6. NIGHT OF MARCH 14TH/15TH
 
      159 aircraft sent out with main objective synthetic oil plants 
      at Gelsenkirchen (101 aircraft), other objectives industrial 
      centres at Dusseldorf (24), petroleum, harbour at Rotterdam (13), 
      also some mine laying. Two of our aircraft missing. Four fighters 
      also carried out offensive operations over aerodromes in north 
      west France.
 
      
 
 
7. RHODES. Same night 14 aircraft attacked 4 aerodromes with 
      satisfactory results.
 
      
 
 
8. GERMAN AIR FORCE. 
 
      Reports show that during the night of March 13th/14th, 13 enemy 
      aircraft were destroyed and 6 damaged.
 
      
 
 
9. MARCH 14th. Activity limited to reconnaissance flights 
      and sea patrols.
 
      
 
 
10. NIGHT OF 14th-15th. About 310 bombers and 69 minelayers 
      came over. Attacks widespread and scattered although main concentration 
      was in Glasgow area. From preliminary reports 3 enemy aircraft 
      destroyed and one probably destroyed /by