2.(Telegram from London~ Mar. 17)
 
      
 
 
5 aircraft on the ground.
 
      
 
 
11. GERMAN AIR FORCE. March 16th. Very slight activity.
 
      
 
 
12. Night of Mar. 16/17th. About 156 enemy aircraft operating. 
      One crashed near Salisbury and another was damaged by our fighters.
 
      
 
 
13. HOME SECURITY. Night of Mar. 16/17th. Main attack was 
      upon Bristol area. Several fires started all under control by 
      5 a.m. Large number of gas mains broken and supplies may be considerably 
      reduced for a period. Damage to several water mains some of them 
      large. Very little serious damage to electrical services. No 
      damage to important factories reported except to some plant and 
      buildings at the National Smelting Works at Avonmouth.
 
      
 
 
14. CORRECTION. Telegram of March 16 paragraph 12. For figure 
      "250,000" read "25,000".