8, 1942 (Thursday) A Nazi radio announcement stated that officers and men captured in the Dieppe raid had been manacled in retaliation for the alleged tying of prisoners during the Sark raid. The British War Office replied that German prisoners of war captured at Dieppe had not had their hands tied and if the Germans did not immediately unshackle their prisoners, then German POWs in Canada would be put in chains starting October 10. The Italians entered Prozor. German submarine U-179 was depth charged and sunk off Cape Town by the British destroyer HMS Active. German submarine U-643 was commissioned. The war film Flying Tigers starring John Wayne, John Carroll and Anna Lee was released. Died: Effie Ellsler, 87, American actress October 9, 1942 (Friday) The second Actions along the Matanikau ended in American victory. The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act was passed in Australia. Mob boss Roger Touhy and six others escaped from Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois. Touhy and his gang would be caught a month later and he would be sentenced to an additional 199 years in prison for the escape. October 10, 1942 (Saturday) The Sinyavino Offensive ended indecisively. The British troopship Orcades was torpedoed and sunk near Cape Town by German submarine U-172. 1,022 were rescued but 45 perished. Battle of Bowmanville: A revolt in the Bowmanville POW camp in Ontario, Canada broke out. 400 prisoners barricaded themselves in a hall in protest of the intended shackling of 126 prisoners as reprisal for the chaining of Canadian soldiers captured at Dieppe. German submarine U-386 was commissioned. Died: Vojo Kushi, 24, Albanian and Yugoslav partisan fighter (killed in action in Tirana) October 11, 1942 (Sunday) The Battle of Cape Esperance began off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal. Japanese destroyer Fubuki and cruiser Furutaka were sunk by American ships of Task Force 64. World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis told reporters, "My fighting days are over." Born: Amitabh Bachchan, film actor, in Allahabad, British India October 12, 1942 (Monday) The Battle of Cape Esperance ended in American victory. The American destroyer USS Duncan sank from damage inflicted by the Furutaka, but the Japanese destroyers Murakumo and Natsugumo were bombed and sunk by U.S. aircraft from Henderson Field. German submarine U-597 was depth charged and sunk southwest of Iceland by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the Royal Air Force. President Roosevelt gave a fireside chat on the topic