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Our fighters attacked E-boats off Belgian
coasts. Whirlwinds attacked too.
Mosquitoes and Beaufighters also Monday
afternoon.
Beaufighters hit 2 supply ships off
Dutch coasts, 3 Escorts ablaze.
American heavy bombers made
a raid on Bordeaux. 14 planes
missing. Wellingtons bombed air
field Lido di Roma. Intruders
from Malta were over Western and
Southern Italy. Enemy shipping
off Greece attacked. 5 enemy planes destroyed,
4 planes lost. Island of Zembra lies
off cape Bon occupied by British naval
forces. Marshal Messe who commanded
Italians in Tunis arrived by air in
England. Total of Axis Generals amounts
to 26 generals. Further reconnaissance
of Ruhr Valley confirmed extensive
damage. Two blockade runners
scuttled themselves i.e. "Silverplana",
4793 tons inward bound from Far
East with valuable cargo of rubber
and tin sighted 200 miles of Cape Finisterre.
Sank stern first by HMS. Adventure.
Entire ship's crew
rescued. Second blockade runner
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