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      small villages North East of Kelcyre.
 
      
 
 
8. Epirus sector.
 Italians launched an unsuccessful 
      attack with armoured fighting vehicles. Greeks captured one armoured 
      fighting vehicle and eight guns.
 
      
 
 
9. Royal Air Force.
 Night of January lst/2nd.
 
      A total of 151 aircraft were despatched as follows:
 
      
Locality Target Raided No. of Aircraft 
 
      Bremen Industrial, shipping ll3 heavy and 
 
      and transport. 15 medium
 
      Flushing Train ferrys 14 Coastal
 
      "Invasion Ports" Docks and shipping 4 heavy
 
      4 medium and
 
      I coastal.
 
      
 
 
10. All aircraft returned safely except 3 heavy bombers which 
      crashed on landing. The crew of one aircraft is safe but crews 
      of other two were all killed except for one person.
 
      
 
 
11. 
Italy.
 It is becoming increasingly evident that 
      Italian air resources are being severely taxed.
 
      Our bombing of Adriatic ports has forced Italians to rely more 
      and more on air transport and the presence of several German 
      troop carriers indicates a serious effort by the Ita %lians to 
      develop air conmmnications and (some words undecypherable) mean 
      to do so by themselves. It is reliably reported that the aircraft 
      supply situation for Albanian campaign is causing anxiety, especially 
      as regards fighters owing to the requirements of the Libyan front.
 
      
 
 
12.
 Germany. 
Serious railway dislocation resulted from 
      recent Royal Air Force raids on Mannheim owing to the cutting 
      of the lines between Mannheim and Ludwigshaven;