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4 26.10.1940. $59.a.d. L_o_n_d_o/n 48/10.40 The British Air Force attacked the docking facilities and a power plant in Kiel, the shipyards and the Neuburg power station in Kixk Kamburg, and the Flak stations were attacked. In addition, fires broke at the shipyards of Bremen, Cuxhaven and the Helder, ships were attacked in the ports of Ostend and Amsterdam.Other objects were armament factories,the long-distance guns on Cape Grines,petroleum centres in Reifholz and Hamburg,ships in the port of Antwerp, several enemy airfields in the occupied area. Of all these flights, only one machine did not return. - New York Times: The bomb target device, invented in the US and far superior to all European inventions of this kind, was now released for use in England. - Mr Roosevelt said in the press conference yesterday that he felt that there was a strong possibility that the current international tension would lead to events that demand immediate action by America. The reports of diplomats in Europe and the Far East provide a very serious picture of the situation. Roosevelt said that at any moment a crisis could break out.- The British Communist Party's newspaper writes: England and the U.S. have the strategic key points on both halves of the globe in their hands.These two powers do not need to resort to such dramatic steps as the powers of the axis. - Report of the Ministry of Aviation: The enemy flight activity over England last night was of greater bulk and further expansion than in the previous nights. During the course of yesterday's daily attacks 14 enemy aircraft were shot down. It was all about Me 19 fighter planes. The English lost1p machines? Pilots are safe. The Ministry of Aviation announced that numerous German machines had also been damaged so badly that it is likely that they would no longer reach their ports of operation. - In the Giornale d'Italia, Gajda deals with the extremely difficult task that the Italian armed forces in Egypt have to cope with. He estimates the number of British forces at 26o.ooo man.To this end, however, there are still further reinforcements.Currently, 3o.ooo men are on their way to Egypt and Australia equips three more divisions for Egypt. - Reuter: Neutral industrialists who came from Germany after several months of stay report that the German general staff is not clear whether Italy is no longer doing anything because it is not effective or because the Italians do not want to fight. - L_o_n_d_o/n,German: According to yesterday's report by the Secretary of the British Ministry for Economic War, on the successful attacks on the German oil centers, the news comes from the Reich that a new Tkxkxik society is being founded iniGermany to build a factory for the production of liquid fuel. - In Munich last week a German was sentenced to 4 months in prison because he had heard Italian radio broadcasts. -