Telegraph from London dated April 25th 1. Naval . Our destroyers seeking convoy reported off the Tunisian Coast, sank Northbound Italian 3,000 ton merchant vessel. 2. Legation Staff from Athens were due to arrive at Melos on 24th. 3. Enemy aircraft attacked two East Coast convoys night of 24th/25th. One ship only damaged. 4. Military. Greece. Front remains quiet apart from demonstrations by enemy armoured fighting vehicle %s. There may be indications that the Germans are preparing gun emplacements on the north shore of Maliakos Gulf. On April 23rd there was continuous bombarding of roads particularly from Eleusis to Corinth and to Thebes. Small enemy forces reported in Preveza. 5. Royal Air Force. 24th. Enemy tanker, about 2,000 tons, destroyed off Stavanger and small vessel off Brest. Our fighters shot down two enemy aircraft and damaged a third. One of our fighters missing. Night of 24th/25th. 68 bombers sent to Kiel, 22 to Havre, and a few to Ostend, Ijmuiden and Wilhelmshaven. 121 aircraft in all went out. One missing. 6. Libya. 23rd . Our fighters engaged large force of enemy aircraft over Tobruk and destroyed eight. Three of ours damaged, two pilots safe. 7. German Air Force. Night of 24th/25th. About 70 enemy aircraft over land and 60 others mine laying, or against shipping. |