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      this sector is specially important since it carries military 
      traffic between Germany and occupied France and also North-South 
      traffic including coal supplies for Italy.
 
      
 
 
13.
German Air Force.
 Night of January lst/2nd. About 
      80 enemy aircraft were operating over the country. The attack 
      was scattered and was not heavy. Reported one aircraft flew as 
      far as Dublin.
 
      
 
 
14.Home Front. London. Night of January lst/January 2nd. Two 
      parachute mines were dropped in the London area; elsewhere only 
      a few bombs are reported causing slight damage and few casualties.
 
      
 
 
15.
France. 
It has recently been reported from Brittany 
      that fishing activities which had been severely curtailed by 
      lack of fuel are now in full swing and that fishermen have no 
      difficulty in obtaining diesel oil. One French boat has even 
      fished off the Irish coast.