-3- YUGOSLAVIA . The Serbian Patriots. Under Colonel Mihailovich, are being harried in the mountains, but are still capable of causing the Germans considerable trouble. BULGARIA . There are some indications of the beginning of German troop concentrations in BULGARIA. (III) AIR OPERATIONS UNITED KINGDOM. Operations were severely restricted by bad weather, bomber command only being able to carry out their programme on one night. Several successful attacks were made on enemy shipping, it is estimated that 37,000 tons were sunk or damaged by our aircraft. The G.A.F. activity was negligible. CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN. A total of nearly 40 tons of H.E. and incendiaries were dropped on NAPLES in the course of two attacks. LIBYA. Day night bombers and hurricane bombers directed heavy attacks chiefly against enemy armoured vehicles, M.T. and aerodromes. Naval aircraft joined in by bombing BARDIA docks and Wellingtons raided TRIPOLI. Our fighters patrolled the battle area and accounted for several dive bombers. They also harassed the enemy and took heavy toll of his mechanical vehicles in low-flying attacks. The Axis air forces kept up a high scale of operations with their dive bombers and single engined fighters. FAR EAST. Owing to heavy enemy attacks by superior forces, we were obliged to evacuate the aerodromes in Northern MALAYA after losing some of our fighters destroyed on the ground. PENANG has been bombed several times with fairly heavy casualties among the civilian Asiatic population. RUSSIA. Intensive operations by the Russian Air Force in conjunction with their recent counter-attacks provide further evidence of the present German weakness in fighters, due to withdrawal of units for refit or employment elsewhere. The service ability of German aircraft has probably been reduced by the intense cold to a greater extent than those of the Russian Air Force whose ground % staffs are more familiar with such conditions and whose aerodromes have not been within the battle zone. (IV) EXTRACTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC AND INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON RESULTS OF R.A.F. AIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY TERRITORY IN EUROPE NAPLES. Casualties and damage on 27th/28th November were the heaviest so far. Photographs in September and October show severe damage to railway sidings at the central junction and confirm reports that a munition train was destroyed causing widespread damage from explosion and blast. One part of the arsenal has been badly damaged, two large cisterns wrecked at an oil refinery and a large gas holder destroyed at the gas works. |