The HMS Alcantara, left Rio de Janeiro to resume search for
raider. The British Admiralty announced that the mine sweeping
trawler HMS Marsona had been sunk by enemy mine.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made night raids on targets
at Wismar, Kiel, Hamburg and Hamm and aerodromes at Schiphol
and Borkum.
Reported that King�s African Rifles had occupied Todenyang
in Abyssinia, near Kenya-Sudan border. Italian column occupied
Zeila (British Somaliland) without opposition. Hargeisa captured
by strong enemy force.
Four, Luftwaffe fighters shot down near Southeast coast by
Spitfires. Raiders were reported over Southeast England, Wales,
and over a Northeast coastal town.
Reported that two drafts of reinforcements for Second Australian
Imperial Force had arrived in England.
President Roosevelt and American Attorney General addressed
Governors of 42 States on legislation for suppression of fifth
column activities.
Military agreement signed in London by British and Polish
Governments.
British flying-boat Clare reached New York, completing first
of series of transatlantic flights.
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