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TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                     DATED OCTOBER 4th, 1941.               
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                        October 3rd.                        
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 690 miles west of Finister His 
      Majesty's Ship KENYA sighted enemy supply ship and U-boat. The 
      supply ship attempted to escape but was and blew up. Shortly 
      afterwards submerged submarine and four lifeboats full of Germans 
                        seen in vicinity.                   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. Now learnt that unnamed 
      Italian liner sunk night of September 18th-19th north of Khoms 
               was probably the Duilio 23,636 tons.         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
3. H.M. Submarine sunk 
      1,000 tons ship in Rolvsoy Sound near North Cape on September 
                              27th.                         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
4. Submarine attacked two 
      ships 3,000 tons, 5,000 tons, in Petsamo Harbor on October 2nd. 
      She entered the harbor fired torpedos at ships alongside, claimed 
      two hits. Though heavily attacked with depth-charges and having 
      been entangled in a net, she got clear after two hours
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
5. A.M. October 3rd, enemy 
      coastal guns fired 16 rounds at trawler(s) about five miles off 
       Dover; no casualties, slight damage from splinters.  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
6. Survivors of American 
      tanker 7,000 tons under Panamanian colors report torpedoed 450 
            miles east of Pernambuco, September 27th.       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            7.                              
                        October 3rd.                        
      Focke Wulf aircraft were driven off two convoys and damaged by 
                      Catalina and a Hudson.                
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            8.                              
                      ROYAL AIR FORCE                       
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ctober 3rd. Hurricanes attacked off Gravelines 700 tons camo
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