OPTEL No. 69
 
      Information received up to 7 A.M., 27th February, 1942
 
      
 
 
1. 
NAVAL
 
      It is now thought that the ship torpedoed by H.M. submarine TRIDENT 
      on the 23rd was an eight inch cruiser of the PRINO EUGEN class. 
      One of H.M. paddle minesweepers shot down an enemy aircraft off 
      the HUMBER and possibly damaged another yesterday. A 5,800 ton 
      British tanker was torpedoed southwest of PUERTO RICO on the 
      25th and two small British ships were torpedoed off BRITISH GUIANA 
      on the 23rd and 24th respectively.
 
      
 
 
2. 
MILITARY
 
      LIBYA.
 25th. Little enemy ground activity. One enemy column 
      including eighteen tanks operating in the area southeast of MEKILI 
      eventually withdrew.
 
      
BORNEO.
 The Japanese have occupied SINTANG.
 
      
RUSSIA.
There is no further information beyond that contained 
      in the official communiquesconcerning operations in the STARAYA 
      RUSSA area. The Russians continue to attack in the DONETS sector.
 
      
 
 
3. 
AIR OPERATIONS
 
      WESTERN FRONT.
 25th/26th. KIEL. Fifty-five tons dropped. 
      Bursts, including one from a 4,000 pound bomb were seen on what 
      was thought to be the south floating dock. A large fire was reported 
      in the Deutsche Werke shipyards. Four R.C.A.F. and six R.A.A.F. 
      bombers took part without loss.
 
      26th. Hits or very near misses were made on two enemy ships of 
      4,000 and 2,000 tons off the Danish and Dutch coasts respectively.
 
      26th/27th. Seventy-eight aircraft were sent out - KIEL floating 
      dock forty-nine, sea mining twenty-seven, leaflets two. Three 
      bombers are missing and two crashed, the crews of both of them 
      being killed. Thirty-eight enemy aircraft were operating against 
      this country most of them laying mines off the East Coast.
 
      
LIBYA.
 24th/25th. Wellingtons laid mines off BENGHAOI, 
      two missing. Wellingtons attacked TRIPOLI HARBOUR.
 
      25th. Fighters carried out covering patrols and an offensive 
      sweep without incident.
 
      
BURMA.
 MINGALADON. 25th. Ten of our % bombers on the ground 
      were destroyed or rendered unserviceable.