TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM LONDON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1941      
 
                                                            
 
 
Wolfhound has arrived in harbor. At 0350/5 Scheer seen Northern 
             Skagerrack steering north towards Oslo.        
 
                                                            
 
 
2. His Majesty's submarine demolished 120 feet railway bridge 
      south coast of Sicily night of August 27th/28th. H. M. Submarine 
      hit with torpedo italian ship Aquitania and sank tanker south 
      bound in convoy off Marittimo August 26th. August 28th she hit 
      and probably sank Duilio class liner south bound near Capri. 
      The latter in company with two Italian 19,000 ton ships. Night 
      3rd/4th three Swordfish failed to find damaged tanker outside 
      Tripoli (L) but claimed destruction of destroyer by one-torpedo 
      two miles outside the harbor. Merchant vessel estimated 8,000 
       tons hit by one 500-pound bomb result not observed.  
 
                                                            
 
 
3. During week ending August 30th imports into Great Britain 
      totalled 819,275 tons compared with 1,373,682 tons in previous 
       week and average of 882,805 tons for past ten weeks. 
 
                                                            
 
 
4. Royal Air Force, 4th. Small force of Blenheims despatched 
      with fighter escort to Cherbourg docks and Mazingarbe (near Bethune) 
      synthetic oil plant. Both attack successful. Several hits on 
      oil plant and explosions One Blenheim lost, 10 M.E. 109's destroyed; 
      11 probable and 5 damaged; we lost 8 fighters. A fortress bombed 
                         Rotterdam docks.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
5. Libya. Night of 2nd/3rd. Wellington attacked Derna and 
      landing grounds at Bardia and Gazala. 3rd, Syria. Fighters destroyed 
      without loss, at least 5 of the 20 Italian fighters who attacked 
            our landing grounds in Sidi Barrani area.       
 
                                                            
 
 
6. 4th, Our fighters destroyed 6 of the 20 Italian fighter 
      planes which approached Malta. 3 more Italian fighters of 12 
      covering rescue operations off Sicily were destroyed later. 2 
      Hurricanes missing.