TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1941 Summary. Naval. 1. Ariquani has arrived at Gibraltar. 2. 450 miles south of Durban our cruisers intercepted French convoy of 5 ships believed total of 39,000 tons which left Tamatave October 24th for France. 3. Dutch tanker 6,000 tons in convoy damaged by bombs off Spurn Point is proceeding to harbor. Small British ship damaged by near miss bomb night of november 2nd/3rd in Yarmouth Roads has been beached. 4. H.M.S.Urge torpedoed and sank merchant vessel of 3,000 tons wearing Italian flag at anchor in shallow water north of Kuriat. This ship believed to have been previously damaged by Blenheim. Military. 5. Russia . Leningrad sector. Germans have made some progress east of the River Volkhov towards Leningrad Vologda Railway. Kalinin sector. The Germans have not succeeded in consolidating their position. Donets Basin. Germans have reached the River Don east of Kharkov. Rostov. Germans are still 10 miles west of the town. Crimea. Germans claim to have taken Simferopol. German claim is probably correct and threat to Sebastopol is serious. Royal Air Force. 6. Night November 21st/2nd. Kiel 77 tons high explosives 7,000 incendiaries. Havre 17 tons high explosives many hits claimed on docks. Series of attacks made on merchant vessels direct hits being made on one large ship and on two others each 6,000 tons. |