English Translation

8S7 - 3 - Cairo: nothing new to report from the fronts. Jn Abyssini n heavy successful air raids of the RAF. At Sidi el Barani ital. Positions occupied with bombs. No own losses. According to the last communiqué of the British Ministry of Aviation ( 5.30 p.m. ) today over Enland 9 German and local machines shot down. Kent and the Thames estuary were flown over, at various points in counties near London also if bombs. Flak and hunters blocked the way to London. Also in Mittelengland, on the southeast coast and in South Wales bombs fell. At 9 a.m. some enemy machines managed to reach London and in the south and east of the outer districts bombs were removed. Damage insignificant, losses small. Also in the other places only minor damage. Communiqué of the British Admiralty: The commander of the brit. Mediterranean fleet reports that the warships under his command have made a successful crusader journey through the eastern and middle Mediterranean without having come into contact with the main forces of the enemy. On October 2, 8o nautical miles south of Sicily was explored an enemy formation consisting of a cruiser and 2 destroyers. Our "Ajax eiite" were added and two destroyers were sunk. Soon after this battle the presence of 4 enemy destroyers and a heavy cruiser could be detected. The "York" - by the way a cruiser sunk by Goebbels - hurried to the aid of the "Ajax". An enemy destroyer was put out of combat, while the other ships managed to escape in the darkness. Marine aircraft could later find out that the out-of-combat destroyer was led by the heavy cruiser, who belonged to the first class, in tow, The "Ajax " and the " York " appeared on the plan and the crew of the enemy cruiser was given half an hour to bring themselves to safety. After this time the cruiser was sunk with gunfire, while the destroyer in tow was abandoned earlier by the Jtalieners, The British ships then announced the position on ital. wavelengths, in order to send the shipwrecked help. Even though the weather was good and the coast of Sicily was only a few nautical miles away, the British ships did not miss anything to help the Italian shipwrecked. After the experiences of 19 June, on which day Drit. Sailors who were involved in the rescue of enemy crews and who were taken from enemy planes under MG fire had to be removed from another rescue operation, all the more so when enemy air squadrons operated nearby, the "Ajax" suffered minor damage above the water line and also the losses on the ship were very small. The "York" suffered neither damage nor loss of its crew. These are the actions of which the Italian Army report already spoke and announced that a British cruiser belonging to the Neptune class was probably sunk. This is completely untrue. The Jtaliener admitted the loss of two destroyers and one cruiser in the report of these actions. In the course of their crusader voyage, units were frequently attacked by enemy planes. Four were determined by the Flak and naval fighters, two of the attacking bombers were probably shot down. The attacks did not cause the slightest damage or losses on the British side. The allegations of the Italian admirality that a brit. Aircraft carriers have suffered serious damage, are completely invented and untrue. - 4 -