Copy No. 11 OPTEL No. 31 10 December, 1941. MALAYA . Up to 4 a.m. 10th December. 9th. Air reconnaissance reported 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 7 destroyers and a number of transports off KOTA BHARU, 1 transport off KUANTAN and 15 transports and 1 aircraft carrier off SINGORA. 11 Blenheims bombed SINGORA aerodrome where 40 bombers were seen on the ground and about 40 fighters in air (?). Result unobserved. Heavy air attacks on our aerodromes in Northern MALAYA. At SUNGEI PATANI 5 enemy aircraft brought down by our anti-aircraft fire. KUANTAN aerodrome was evacuated by our aircraft. Reinforcements have reached KELANTAN sector. In centre our troops were just across THAILAND Frontier on evening of the 9th. On left at KEDAH no change: 7 enemy light tanks destroyed. A small enemy force which landed near KUANTAN at 10 p.m. on 9th was driven off and all was quiet on morning of the 10th. HONG KONG. Situation satisfactory. Our line intact except for 1 Redoubt captured by enemy during the night of the 9th/10th. |