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.