BRITISH LIGHT FORCES ENGAGE ENEMY DESTROYERS OFF BREST. 17 OCTOBER 1940, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS KELVIN. A FORCE OF GERMAN DESTROYERS WAS SIGHTED BY AIRCRAFT STEERING WEST OFF BREST, BRITISH LIGHT FORCES IN THE VICINITY PROCEEDED AT FULL SPEED TO INTERCEPT AND ENDEAVOUR TO BRING THEM TO ACTION. SOON AFTER 4 PM A CRUISER ENGAGED THE ENEMY AT EXTREME RANGE 100 MILES WEST OF LANDS END. THE ENEMY DESTROYERS RETIRED ON BEING ENGAGED, ESCAPING IN FAILING LIGHT INTO BREST. - HMS NEWCASTLE engaging the enemy with her forward guns HMS Newcastle (Ex-Minotaur, Renamed 1936)

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