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         Telegram from London dated November 25th.          
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                           Naval                            
. During attack on Glenroy on the 23rd one or 
         possibly both attacking aircraft were shot down.   
 
                                                            
 
 
Second attack was made by E-boats on East Coast convoy night 
      of 23rd/24th off Yarmouth and Dutch ship 1984 tons was sunk. 
      Ship reported torpedoed first attack was British 4155 tons and 
      was towed into Yarmouth. During first attack one E-boat sunk 
      certainly, one probably sunk and one damaged certainly
 
                                                            
 
 
H.M. Ship Aurora, Penelope and two destroyers attacked convoy 
      two merchant vessels 5,000 tons each 2 destroyer's southwest 
      of Crete at 1534/24th. Both merchant ships sunk. Enemy destroyers 
                             escaped.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
British ship 1200 tons at 1855/22 within Irish territorial 
      waters attacked by three Junker 88's with bombs and machine guns. 
      Attack unsuccessful except for slight damage from near miss. 
      Aircraft driven off by gunfire; one probably destroyed
 
                                                            
 
 
On 10th Greek submarine Glucose torpedoed 3,000 tons ship 
     off Candia. Although ship probably sank result uncertai
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                         Military.                          
 
                              Russia                        
. Moscow Sector. Germans are believed to have reached 
      Solnechnaya-Gora (11 miles southeast of Klin on Kalinin-Moscow 
      Railway). Center, Germans have made slight advance east of Tula 
        towards Riazhsk against strong Russian resistance.  
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                      Royal Air Force                       
. United Kingdom night of 23rd/24th. 
      Lorient, 45 tons H.E. Brest 28 tons. Fires started in dock areas 
      at both ports. Day of 24th hits claimed by aircraft of Coastal 
      Command on 5,000 tons merchant 
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