Copy No. 11
 
      OPTEL No. 52
 
      Information received up to 7 a.m., 27th December, 1941.
 
      
 
 
(I) 
NAVAL
 
      MEDITERRANEAN. A Greek schooner arrived at TOBRUK on 19th with 
      enemy cargo and was taken in prize.
 
      23rd. H.M.S. Schooner TIBERIO capsized and sank off MERSA MATRUH. 
      One fatal casualty.
 
      
 
 
26th. A Polish ship of medium tonnage carrying troops and 
      supplies was sunk by U-boat north-east of TOBRUK. All the troops 
      and the crew were rescued.
 
      
 
 
HAIFA.
 The British tanker reported on fire in OPTEL 
      No. 51 is burnt out, but the fire in the Norwegian tanker is 
      under control and her tanks are intact.
 
      
 
 
FAR EAST.
 A Dutch submarine has sunk three large transports 
      and a tanker off the SARAWAK coast. A Dutch submarine is overdue 
      from patrol in the Gulf of SIAM and must be considered lost. 
      United States submarines claim to have sunk recently one transport 
      and one mine-sweeper and to have sunk probably a second transport 
      and possibly a sea-plane tender.
 
      
 
 
(II)
 MILITARY
 
      LIBYA. The pursuit of the enemy by our forward troops is being 
      pressed as fast as maintenance problems and bad going permit. 
      In the BENGHAOI sector our troops are rounding up Italian stragglers 
      north east of the town. BENGHAOI Harbour is extensively damaged 
      but one mole is largely intact. The power station is in working 
      order. Considerable war material was found aban- doned at BARCE. 
      Further south our columns report that there are no enemy east 
      of a line from REGIMA (30 miles east of BENGHAOI) to 10 miles 
      north of BEDA FOMM (half-way between SOLUK and JEDABYA). The 
      bulk of the remaining German forces appear to be still in and 
      around JEDABYA. They are being continually harried and pursued 
      by our mobile columns. A portion of our forces are operating 
      on their southern flank. There is no news from the old frontier 
      area where pressure on BARDIA and HALFADA continues.
 
      
 
 
MALAYA
. No further report of land operations received.
 
      
 
 
(III) 
AI %R OPERATIONS
 
      WESTERN FRONT. 26th. Eleven enemy aircraft operated against the 
      United Kingdom of which two flew overland.