and maximum of twelve against Yugoslavia. Roumania Banat some nine divisions. 6. Libya . German troops now believed to amount to one light armoured (Colonial) division, one armoured division and advance elements two infantry divisions. Another armoured division thought on the way. 7. On April 4th , our troops holding position on escarpment about twenty-five miles east of Benghasi withstood German attack by two battalions supported by tanks. Enemy column of fifty armoured fighting vehicles reported at Benina moving east and small enemy column moving northeast from Benghasi on the coastal road. 8. Ethiopia. Our advanced troops have entered Addis Ababa. 9. Royal Air Force . Direct hit claimed at Brest on night of the 4th/5th was from low level with a 1,900 lb. bomb on "Gneisenau". 10 . German Air Force. Night of the 5th/6th, slight enemy activity during the period. Some damage and casualties caused at one Royal Air Force Aerodrome. Albania and Greece. German aircraft bombed Corfu three times on the 3rd and Italian fighters machine-gunned Heraklion aerodrome on the 4th. |