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          TELEGRAM FROM LONDON NOVEMBER 10th, 1941          
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                           Naval.                           
 On 9th fleet tug Buccaneer with battle practice 
          target in tow bombed and damaged off Montrose.    
 
                                                            
 
 
2. Result of attack on Italian convoy east of Messina Straits 
      during night of 8th/9th two destroyers sunk, one damaged, nine 
      merchant vessels set on fire and sunk. One large tanker left 
      heavily on fire considered total loss; sighted still burning 
      on 9th. No survivors picked up. Our ships were undamaged. A.M. 
      9 enemy aircraft made torpedo attack on Britishforce without 
                             success.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
3. On 9th His Majesty's Submarine "Upholder" attacked 
 enemy force east of Messina sank one destroyer, damaged ano
 
                                                            
 
 
4. H.M. Submarine "Thrasher" fired torpedo at 800 
      tons schooner off Benghazi on October 28th: though no hits scored 
         crew abandoned ship, which was sunk by gunfire.    
 
                                                            
 
 
5. On 8th, aircraft from "Audacity" shot down two 
            Focke Wulf 200 aircraft; one Martlet lost.      
 
                                                            
 
 
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                         Military.                          
                                                            
 
      Russia. Russian counter-attacks in Murmansk sector have driven 
      Germans back to River Litsa. Leningrad: morale of garrison and 
      population is reported to be very good. Kalinin sector: German 
      attempts to cross-river Nara have been unsuccessful. Tula, Germans 
      have made heavy attacks with mechanized forces but the situation 
      is in hand. Donetz Basin: German attempts to cross-river Donetz 
      have failed. Rostoff sector: Germans are attacking north west 
      of the town. Crimea: Germans have reached Yalta and made some 
                     progress towards Kerch.                
 
                                                            
 
 
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                      Royal Air Force                       
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      United Kingdom. Night 8th/9th, Essen 45 tons of H.E., Dunkirk 
      20 tons, 0stend 12 tons. Night of 
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