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        TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1941        
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                           Naval.                           
 At 1543/13 heavy explosion thought caused by 
      torpedo, occurred in Ark Royal 37 miles east of Gibraltar. Ship 
      stopped and quickly listed 20 degrees to starboard although majority 
      of Ships Company was taken off. By 21 hours ship was in tow of 
      2 tugs with destroyer alongside providing electric power. Though 
      steam has been raised in one boiler and was being raised in another 
      and hoped ship would soon be able to steam, at 4-45/14th fire 
      broke out in remaining boiler room and list increased to 37 degrees. 
       At six/14th it was reported that Ark Royal had sunk. 
 
                                                            
 
 
2. Small Dutch ship mined and sunk in Falmouth harbor p.m. 
                              13th.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
3. P.M. 12th. Small British ship was attacked inside Irish 
             territorial waters off County Waterford.       
 
                                                            
 
 
4. Indications are that Corinth Canal is now open for all 
              ships of size normally able to use it.        
 
                                                            
 
 
5. Ocean shipments of ore by sea for Germany from Spain to 
      France both in Mediterranean and Bay of Biscay reached 100,000 
 tons. This is twice as much as was during previous three mo
 
                            Military.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                            6.                              
                           Russia                           
. Moscow sectors. Russians are counterattacking. 
      Tula Germans have made some progress eastward from Tula-0rel 
      railway. Crimea, Germans are nearing Sebastopol from the southeast 
                  and 0tash from West and South.            
 
                                                            
 
 
                            7.                              
                      Royal Air Force                       
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      Middle East. Night of 11th and 12th. 42 
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