TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED April 13th,
1941.
Naval. Dunottar Castle April 12th boarded
French 9,000 ton ship Banfora bound Dakar to Casablanca.
Captain and crew gave considerable opposition. Strong guard and
navigating party taking her to Free
Town escorted by Dunottar Castle. French cruiser with light cruisers
and two destroyers reported 70
miles south southwest of Cape St. Vincent p.m. on April 12th
course 300 degrees, speed slow.
2.
Night of April 11th/April 12th.
Enemy aircraft laid mines Phaleron Salamis Strait and Eleusis
Bay,
also shipping Piraeus was attacked. One tanker set on fire at
dawn.
3. Swedish ship Kexholm, 3815 tons Buenos
Aires Gothenburg bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft
northwest of Hebrides April 12th. Crew saved.
4.
MILITARY. GREECE
. Northern Front.
Morning of April llth: our patrols in touch with the enemy
just south of Veve. Unconfirmed reports state that 14th Greek
Division evacuated from Thrace to Thasos.
5.
YUGOSLAVIA
. Northern Front. Budapest
radio reports Hungarian Troops entered Subotica without
resistance and have continued to penetrate southward. Definite
information scant but 5 Croatian
Divisions ceased fighting and two Divisions mainly Slovenes,
west of Oagreb, withdrawing southward.
Reported that 3 Yugoslav Divisions forming the front along Sava
between Brod and Oagreb.
6.
RUMANIA FRONT.
Yugoslav troops resisting
the German advance from Nis towards Belgrade,
while other forces have counter-attacked from both sides of Morava
and some German armoured forces
cut off. The Yugoslavs now hold the Krusevac-Krugujevac area
and have retaken Prokuplje.