interoept them, mining the roads or ambushing them. The people live
in peace and freedom - their only fear is eventual air-bombings, but
they have already good shelters at their disposal.
There are immense cultivated fields in the liberated areas -
there is no hunger in free Mozambique. The morale of the people and
of the guerrillas i3 extremely high - the certainty of victory animates all the fighters.
- On the 20th of March, 3 FRELIMO guerrillas on a patrol operation
localised a group of Portuguese soldiers who had left the military
post of MUTELELA, going towards MTENGA. The guerrillas informed our
base. A guerrilla unit left the base and organised an ambush on the
way v/here the enemy v/as to pass. The Portuguese were attacked v/ith
heavy and light machine guns and grenades. They had 7 killed and many
wounded. One of our guerrillas was killed and one was wounded.
- On  the 30th of March, FRELIMO guerrillas ambushed Portuguese soldiers in the area of CHICONONOs 5 enemies were killed.
- On the 1st of April 1967, an enemy group left VALADIM on patrol operation. On their way back, they v/ere ambushed by a group of FRELIMO
militias and suffered some casualties * Further on, they were again
ambushed by the guerrillas, suffering 3 killed and 11 wounded. Our
forces captured grenades and ammunition, left by the enemy on the spot
when they ran away.
-On the 25th of March, a FRELIMO military unit organized an ambush in
the zone between the village called "SERRAQAO" and an enemy camping
near Messalo river. The ambush was carefully planed and executed,
allowing our forces to liquidate 16 enemy soldiers.
- On the 27th of March a Portuguese platoon v/as marching tov/ards the
NANDENDO region (MUIDUMBE). Our guerrillas v/ere informed by the people
of the movements of the enemy and ambushed them in time, at tho NCIIA-
MOMO village, 5 k&s from the NAMBUDE mission. Our forces let the reconnaissance group pass by and then attacked the main column behind. 20
enemy soldiers v/ere put out of action.
- FRELIMO militias of Tav/i Branch MONFORT organised an ambush at the
road betvreen SAGAL and MUEDA. They waited several days for the enemy
to pass. Finally, on the 25-3-67 a convoy of 15 vehicles passed b~r
that place, coming from SAGAL. They entered the mined zone. The 1st
car v/as completely destroyed and the second v/as senously damaged.
FRELIMO militias threw more 4 grenades insido the second car and disappeared into the bush. Some days later, some African soldiers, former
puppets who v/ere serving in the Portuguese army, deserted and joined
FRELIMO military forces. They revealed to us that in that ambush 15
Portuguese soldiers were killed? 5 were seriously wounded and 6 wore
slightly wounded.
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