Later that month, on 21 July, " Midilli " attempted to lay a minefield off Novorossisk, but Russian wireless interception allowed the dreadnought and several destroyers to leave port and attempt to cut " Midilli " off from the Bosporus.
12.
Rommel's information on Allied dispositions at Matruh was limited, partly due to a lack of reconnaissance flights and partly to the loss of his wireless interception unit, the 621st Signals Battalion, which the British had become aware of and made a point of overrunning and destroying at the Battle of Gazala.
13.
While the squadron operated from the Auxi Airdrome, often in conjunction with the 148th Aero Squadron, the line moved east rapidly and it was necessary for the squadron to establish an Advanced Landing Ground at Beugnatre on 10 September from which the squadron took up wireless interception and devoted itself to attacking enemy two-seater observation aircraft . A detail of mechanics were sent to Beugnatre and several hangars were erected.
