TELEGRAM FROM LONDON FEBRUARY 21ST 1941.
NAVAL.
One minesweeping trawler was mined off Tyne a.m. February 20th.
No report of sinking received.
2. Very heavy f %all of snow Tyne area on February 19th-20th
by seriously interfering with all transport will delay repairs
to ships in hand.
3. Wolf Rock Light reported put out of action by machine gun
fire.
4. Bramble off Harwich p.m. February 20th was attacked by
2 enemy aircraft. One bomb hit but did not explode and she is
holed on water line. Bramble shot down one aircraft.
5. Two ships were bombed off Falmouth - one reported on fire
and sinking the other a 7000 ton tanker was undamaged.
6. Military. Ethiopia: South of Lake Taua enemy retreating
from Njabara suffered many casualties from patriots.
7. Italian Somaliland. On the night of February 17th small
parties of our troops crossed the Juba river at Yonte and established
a bridgehead. An enemy counter attack with Lorry borne troops
was repulsed. Later reports state that a number of South African
troops have now reached East bank in the same locality. Our troops
also attacked North of Jelib.
8. Royal Air Force. On February 20th one Blenheim attacked
docks at Ijmuiden causing a large fire and two small formation
of fighters.
9. Night of February 20th-21st. All operations cancelled.