-2- GENERAL . The general direction of Japanese troop movements continues to be towards the MALAY Peninsula. The main features of enemy tactics experienced so far are rapid infiltration and immediate outflanking of any defences. Attacks are supported by co-operating aircraft giving accurate direction to quick firing artillery lighter than our 3.7 How. Medium machine gun, and mortar fire described as very accurate. Marked ability to push on even over most difficult country. Enemy well supplied with tommy guns. BURMA. Japanese attack against VICTORIA POINT reported impending. SARAWAK . Demolition of MIRI aerodrome and oilfield installations completed. U.S. TERRITORIES. Fighting continues at GUAM and on WAKE ISLAND. The Japanese landings on LUOON are reported to have been repulsed on the West Coast but to have succeeded on the North Coast. RUSSIA . The Russians are believed to have retaken YELETS. (III) AIR OPERATIONS 11th. Six Hampdens dropped bombs at EMDEN, on a Dutch aerodrome where hangars were hit and on a town in the FRISIAN ISLANDS. 11th/12th. 124 aircraft operated as follows - COLOGNE, sixty, BREST, twenty-six, LE HAVRE, thirty-three, Sea mining, five. Three are missing. LIBYA. 9th. Eight Hurricanes destroyed eight motor vehicles including three petrol lorries and damaged a further twenty-two on the JEDABYA - EL AGHEILA road. 9th/10th. Wellingtons bombed DERNA causing fire and large explosion, M.T. near BOMBA and the aerodrome at GAOALA. 10th. Bad weather prevented bombing operations. 10th/11th. Eight Wellingtons dropped fourteen tons of bombs on BENG HAOI harbour. SICILY. 11th. Blenheims hit two 5,000 ton merchant ships in CATANIA Harbour and set one of them on fire. (IV) ENEMY ACTIVITY MALTA. 10th/11th. Sixteen aircraft operated against the Island but caused no damage. HONG KONG. 11th. Frequen %t attacks were made on our patrol vessels by enemy dive-bombers one of which alighted in the sea. MALAYA. 11th. PENANG was bombed fairly heavily. Civilian casualties about 100 killed, no military damage or casualties, A.R.P. reported good. (V) AIRCRAFT CASUALTIES IN OPERATIONS OVER AND FROM BRITISH ISLES British - three missing. |