TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1941 In foul weather at 08.30/7 Nigeria and Aurora engaged enemy force in inlet east North Cape; result obscure but seems certain that small destroyer, one trawler and another ship sunk. German Bremse and another ship were hard hit and our side may have torpedoed former. We suffered no casualties but Nigeria damaged her bow by ramming a wreck in a smoke screen. 2. In East Coast convoy attacked by E boat night September 6th-7th one British ship of 478 tons and one of rather more than 1436 tons were sunk. 3. Relating to air raid Alexandria night September 5th-6th Woolwich, Kandahar and Maine hospital ship slightly damaged by near misses. 4. Night of September 6th-7th 7 Swordfish attacked convoy of three merchant ships, 3 destroyers, 20 miles north of Pantellaria northward bound. Three hits made on merchant ship estimated at 6000 tons; last seen with heavy list. Ship tanker type estimated at 6000 tons also hit by two torpedoes. 5. September 7th. 12 Blenheims attacked shipping and believed hit merchant ship of 2000 tons west of the Hague; later seen enveloped in smoke. 1200 tons A. A. ship was hit and blew up. Two A. A. missing. 6. Night of September 7th-8th over 300 aircraft dispatched from United Kingodom - Kiel and Boulogne attacked by about 50 each and nearly 200 plastered Berlin. Estimated center of city severely damaged. |