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TELEGRAM FROM LONDON DATED OCTOBER 12th, 1941.
 
      A supply convoy from the United Kingdom has arrived at Archangel.
 
      
 
 
2. Enemy aircraft again attacked Faroe Islands p.m. October 
      11th; a Norwegian trawler was sunk and houses were machine gunned.
 
      
 
 
3. Small Greek merchant vessel in convoy was sunk by mine 
      off Humber October 10th.
 
      
 
 
4. Small British merchant vessel was bombed and sunk off the 
      East coast early this morning.
 
      
 
 
5. Canadian Government tanker has now arrived at Iceland.
 
      
 
 
6. 
Tobruk.
 As a counter to enemy night operations with 
      tanks against our forward observation posts on October 9th 15 
      9th/10th. Revised casualties. 10 bombers missing, 4 crashed, 
      1 crew killed.
 
      
 
 
8. October 10th/11th. of our Infantry tanks successfully intercepted 
      an enemy tank formation and forced it to withdraw. 20 German 
      tanks took part of which many were certainly damaged. Ours sustained 
      only minor repairable damage and we had two casualties.
 
      
 
 
7. 
Royal Air Force
. October Objectives were attacked 
      as follows Krupps Works Essen 56 aircraft, 59 tons of high explosives, 
      6640 incendiary bombs.
 
      
Cologne.
 53 aircraft, of high explosives, nil.
 
      
Bordeaux.
 9 aircraft, 6 tons of high explosives, 1080 
      incendiary bombs.
 
      
Ostend.
 16 aircraft, 27 tons of high explosives, 840 incendiary 
      bombs.
 
      Rotterdam. 76 tons of high explosives, 4960 incendiary bombs.
 
      
Dunkirk
. 19 aircraft, 16 tons 
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