OPTEL NO.12.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Information received
                 up to 7 A.M. 11th January 1942.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                            1.
                           NAVAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10th. One of H.M. Canadian
      destroyers esescoourting a homeward Convoy was severely damaged
      by weather south of Greenland. Reconnaissance of Brest showed
      that the PRINO EUGEN had moved from the dry dock. A 2,600 tons
      Merchant Vessel bound for Colombo was sunk by gun fire from a
           Submarine 60 miles south of Java on the 4th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             2.
                         MILITARY.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Libya.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> By the afternoon of the 9th, our
      patrols had reached point some twenty miles south-west of Agheila.
      The enemy were still holding positions between Agheila and Jedabya
         which were being engaged by our mobile columns.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          Malaya.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 9th. Our forces north of Kuala
    Lumpur were heavily engaged and suffered severe casualti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  Netherlands East Indies
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. General Wavell arrived with a
              nucleus staff at Batavia on the 10th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russia. The Russian claims
      to have made further progress in the area West of Kaluga are
      probably correct. The Germans are counter-attacking South of
                              Kursk.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                     3.AIR OPERATIONS.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                       Western Front.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brest. 85 tons. Results
      were mainly unobserved owing to cloud and a smoke screen. 10th/llth.
      124 aircraft were sent to Wilhelmshaven and 30 to Emden. A few
      others were sea-mining, operati %ng against shipping and patrolling
      over enemy aerodromes. Six aircraft are missing, and trio crashed.
      At dusk 10th, R.C.A.F. Hudson, operating off the Dutch coast,
      hit amidships a 7,000 tons merchant vessel in convoy and a 2,000
      ton tanker which was left in flames. Enemy activity was on a
      somewhat larger scale than of late and was chiefly over the Liverpool
      area. Of 24 aircraft plotted overland, one was shot down by a
                     Beau fighter of R.A.A.F.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                       Mediterranean
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Libya.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 8th/9th and 9th. Successful bombing
      attacks were made on M.T. near Agheila and several direct hits
      and near misses were obtained on 75 M.T. moving westwards near
      Marsa Brega. Halfaya defences were also bombed. Enemy aircraft
    attacked Tobruk and Gambut by night without causing dama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Malta.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 9th/10th. 18 enemy aircraft dropped
                       bombs on the Island.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          Far East
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Burma.
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 9th. Seven fighters of the American
      Volunteer Group and six Buffaloes attacked two enemy aerodromes
      in Siam. Three Japanese aircraft were destroyed on the ground
      and four others damaged. 10th. Two more enemy aircraft were destroyed
                       at Mesod Aerodrome.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                           Malaya
 
 
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New">. 9th. We demolished Kuala Lumpur
      aerodrome. Our bombers attacked the railway, warehouses and shipping
      at Singora and successfully bombed the aerodromes at Ipoh and
      Sungei Patani. Large fires were started at all these objectives.
      Two of our aircraft are missing. On the 10th our fighters destroyed
      an enemy bomber. Enemy aircraft attacked the mail train to Singapore
             on the 10th and caused a few casualties.