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. 6. 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. 7. Royal Air Force . United Kingdom. Night 8th/9th, Essen 45 tons of H.E., Dunkirk 20 tons, 0stend 12 tons. Night of |