Telegram from London dated April 22nd.
 
      
 
 
1. 
Naval
.
 
      British submarine sank l0,000 tons tanker probably German, off 
      Brest April 18th and 
 
      Free French submarine torpedoed a large tanker Southwest of Norway 
      April 21st.
 
      
 
 
2. Attacks on shipping by submarine British 
      ship (10,300 tons) homeward bound with 
 
      food, was torpedoed in Atlantic and a British tanker (7,100 tons) 
      sunk off Crete 
 
      April 18th.
 
      
 
 
3. By aircraft. On April 21st British 6000 
      ton tanker was damaged by a near miss off
 
      Crete and abandoned.
 
      
 
 
4. At 0500/21 strong force of Mediterranean 
      Fleet including three Battleships bombarded
 
      Tripoli harbour for 42 minutes. Attack preceded by bombing by 
      naval and Royal Air
 
      Force aircraft from Bari. Surprise achieved. One big fire and 
      explosions seen by Fleet, 
 
      one destroyer, six merchant ships seen hit, one of the latter 
      seen later by reconnaissance
 
      aircraft to have capsized in naval basin. On the previous day 
      Fulmars from Formidable
 
      met five J U 52 troop carriers, they shot down four and also 
      one Cant.
 
      No damage to His Majesty's ships.
 
      
 
 
5. 
Military. Greece. 
Our troops have 
      taken up defensive lines in the region of 
 
      Thermopylae running roughly from Molos to Eratini. Enemy bombing 
      of roads and ports 
 
      continues very heavy.
 
      
 
 
6. 
Royal Air Force.
 April 21st. Thirty-six 
      medium bombers sent out, 18 with fighter 
 
      escort attacked enemy shipping. Near misses were obtained on 
      a convoy of four 2000 
 
      ton merchant ships.
 
      
 
 
7. Night of April 21st/22nd. No operations 
      by bomber command; six coastal Blenheims
 
      attacked Havre, hitting harbour station and warehouses, two fighters 
      attacked enemy