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      (on Yanina-Kalabaka Road).
 
      
 
 
10. 
British Somaliland
 
      Oeila reported clear of Italian troops.
 
      
 
 
11. 
Royal Air Force. April 18th.
 
      Blenheims attacked a dock in Holland and ships off Heligoland. 
      Three ships totalling nearly 10,000 tons 
 
      and an A.A. ship received direct hits. At Harve a Blenheim attacked 
      3 barges full of troops escorted by 
 
      an A.A. ship. Blenheims also bombed a convoy of 8 merchant ships 
      off Stavanger. A 7000 ton vessel set 
 
      alight and another 3000 ton left sinking. From the above and 
      other daylight operations, 9 aircraft are 
 
      missing.
 
      
 
 
12. 
Libya
 
      Night of April l6th-17th. 2½ tons of bombs were dropped 
      on Eladem and Derna where a munitions store 
 
      was exploded.
 
      
 
 
13. 
April 17th
 
      Medium bombers attacked M.T. vehicles South of Tobruk. Aircraft 
      on Derna aerodrome and suspected 
 
      H.Q. East of Tobruk. Large fires were started among about 450 
      mechanised vehicles in Bardia area. On 
 
      April 18th, photographic reconnaissance in Tripoli, showed 5 
      destroyers-3 T.B.D's - 7 escort vessels - 31 
 
      merchant vessels varying from 2000 to 8000 tons and 11 seaplanes.
 
      
 
 
14. 
German Air Force.
 
      Slight enemy activity chiefly off the coasts.
 
 
      15. Air Raids on Malta during night of April 17 - 18 caused very 
      slight damage.
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