Telegram from London dated November 5th, 1941. Naval. M.G.B. missing from operation off Calais night of 2nd/3rd has been towed into harbor. British tanker 6470 tons, reported attacked by surface raider 0530/4th 620 miles west south west of Freetown; various forces ordered to area. Suez Canal temporarily closed after unexploded object dropped south of middle lakes. In three of the ships of French convoy ordered into South African port there were 481 service personnel. Five ships totaling 22,266 tons have been sunk out of convoys C52 east of Newfoundland; from four of these all crews but four men known saved. British ship 4,953 tons believed torpedoed 300 miles west of Walfish Bay a.m. 3rd but messages intercepted were incom October 22nd, His Majesty's submarine "Urge" sank in Gulf of Hammamet 1500 ton southbound escorted merchant ship and 4000 ton merchant ship at anchor. His Majesty's submarine "Ursula" scored two hits medium sized merchant ship southbound in convoy a.m. 18 (sic) 50 miles southwest of Susa. This vessel probably sank. Military. Finland. Despite Finnish claims, Russians categorically deny any German or Finnish advance on Murmansk front. Crimea. Germans have captured Bakhchisarai (between Simferopol and Sebastopol) and their claim to have captured |