Copy No. 11
 
      OPTEL No. 54
 
      Information received up to 7 a.m., 29th December, 1941.
 
      
 
 
(I)
 NAVAL
 
      Light forces and two infantry assault ships returned yesterday 
      after a successful operation on the Norwegian Coast. Military 
      batteries were demolished and industrial plants destroyed. Ninety-six 
      prisoners were taken and heavy casualties were inflicted on the 
      enemy. Five merchant vessels, two armed trawlers and a tug were 
      destroyed or sunk. Naval casualties were light and army casualties 
      included two officers and fifteen other ranks killed which were 
      not heavy considering the severe opposition in street fighting. 
      A Dutch submarine sank a Japanese destroyer on the 24th near 
      KUCHING.
 
      
 
 
(II) 
MILITARY
 
      LIBYA. Evening 27th. Air reports indicate that the enemy in the 
      JEDABYA area is obtaining supplies and petrol by sea. Latest 
      reports indicate that our armoured forces are well round the 
      enemy's Southern Flank with patrols as far West as MERSA BREGA. 
      Six enemy tanks were destroyed near JEDABYA on the evening of 
      the 27th. Motorised troops were in contact with the enemy's North 
      Eastern flank some fifteen miles from JEDABYA while elements 
      seem to have ventured considerably further into the enemy's position 
      and are reported to have shelled transport three miles North 
      of the town. Air observation report identification difficult 
      owing to our columns being intermixed with the enemy.
 
      
 
 
MALAYA. PERAK
. Our troops have withdrawn to positions 
      about twenty miles South of IPOH.
 
      
 
 
BURMA. An attempt to dislodge the enemy from BOKPYIN on the 
      27th failed. We suffered some casualties but details are not 
      yet known. This place is on the Coast between VICTORIA POINT 
      and MERGUI, there are no roads to it but there is a small landing 
      ground. A small concentration of troops in Siamese uniform with 
      several lorries is reliably reported on the Siamese border in 
      the area of the upper reaches of the MEKONG River.
 
      
 
 
(III) 
AIR OPERATIONS
 
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WESTERN FRONT. 27th. Beaufighters and Blenheims (including 
      two R.C.A.F.) protecting naval units operating off the Norwegian 
      Coast drove off all enemy aircraft and destroyed two German fighters 
      three bombers and damaged three other aircraft. Three of our 
      aircraft are missing. 27th/28th. DUSSELDORF. 112 tons of H.E. 
      and 11,000 incendiaries were dropped. Many large fires were stared