Copy No. 11 OPTEL No. 27 Information received up to 0700 9th December, 1941. (I) NAVAL On evening of 8th enemy aircraft attacked minesweeping trawlers off East Coast Scotland. 1 was sunk and another badly damaged. A British submarine attacked an unidentified destroyer off West Coast of GREECE obtaining 4 hits by gunfire. HONG KONG. On 8th in a raid on KOWLOON by Japanese aircraft 29 persons were killed. Shore batteries and naval units were also attacked but no damage or casualties are reported. Same day a flying boat dropped bombs on OCEAN ISLAND Southern Pacific. No details are known. A small British merchant ship was sunk by mines yesterday off CROMER. (II) MILITARY LIBYA. 6th. Our forces established contact with TOBRUK garrison on BARDIA - TOBRUK road and in SIDI REOEGH area, where 700 New Oealand casualties were recovered. 7th. West of EL GOBI 5 enemy tanks and much M.T. were destroyed and 8 tanks probably destroyed, 3 of ours were slightly damaged. 8th. Our troops from TOBRUK engaged, 2 miles North of EL ADEM an enemy force of approximately 2000 infantry and some tanks which were advancing from South. The results of this engagement are not yet known. MALAYA. There is no further (?) information about operations in addition to that which was reported in yesterday's summary. RUSSIA. There are indications that in KLIN and KURSK areas the Germans are meeting determined Russian resistance and that the state of roads in former area is very bad. (III) AIR OPERATIONS. 7th/8th. Aircraft from 2 R.C.A.F. and 2 R.A.A.F. squadrons took part in night's operations. 46 aircraft dropped 50 tons high explosive on AACHEN. Visibility was bad but bursts and a blazing factory were seen in town. 43 tons were dropped at BREST and some bombs fell on or near battle cruisers. 23 aircraft attacked CALAIS docks under good conditi %ons and smaller number bombed docks |