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. |