TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED OCTOBER 26th H.M.S. Ariguani (catapult ship) while escorting convoy night of 25th/26th was torpedoed 530 miles west of Cape St. Vincent. One of His Majesty's ships is standing by. Three ships, small or medium tonnage, have been torpedoed and sunk in convoy as result of several attacks. A submarine has been sighted by aircraft, based on Canada, 120 miles east of Strait of Belle Isle Night of 24th/25th, bad visibility made observation difficult in all R.A.F. attacks on German targets. aples was bombed, again results being unobserved and eight tons of H.E. were dropped on Tripoli, Day of 25th, Blenheims attacked Misurata, Ouara and Gazala area. Night of 25th/26th, no operations from United Kingdom owing to bad weather. |