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AMMUNITION
a) 3 boxes of ammunition for G-3 machine-guns
b) 3 boxes of rockets
c) 41 magazines for G-3 machine-guns
OTHER MATERIAL
' a'V 55 uniforms
b^ 50 blankets
c) 1 radio
d) saucepans, plates etc0
SEVERAL LORRIES stationed in the post were also destroyed.
For some time, the Portuguese soldiers stationed at the post of NANG0L0L0 had
been oppressing the surrounding population. In particular, in the areas of
NANYOKA, NANG'UNDE, IBO, LURIO, and MIKALALE, they had been terrorising the
people and stealing their crops. FRELIMO soldiers decided to put an end to this
situation and organised a reprisal attack in defense of the population. An
artillery attack v/ith cannons and mortars took place on 28 March, 1969.
Twenty-two soldiers were killed and six houses destroyed. The local people in
the areas formerly covered by this post spent the v/hole night celebrating the
attackf
Various mining operations in Cabo Delgado province, on the 3rd, 9th, 13th,and
28th of March and the 24th February, resulted in the destruction of 7 lorries
and the death of at least 15 eneny soldiers. At least 20 enemy v/ere wounded.
The Portuguese made two attempts to locate our bases. In the first attempt,
on 20th March in the region of MBWALA,. they sent out two companies v/ho
suffered three ambushes in succession, resulting in more than 25 eneny
casualties* On the 1st, April, near Mueda, another enemy group was located in
the bush and attacked by our forces while they v/ere resting. They v/ere forced
to retreat. On neither occasion did. they manage to locate a base.
In another ambush on 5th April, 1969, FRELIMO soldiers armed with grenades,
bazookas and machine-guns ambushed and destroyed two military vehicles, going
from NAMRUCIA to QUITARAJO, Our fighters mounted the first lorry and took
av/ay the seven weapons belonging to the seven Portuguese soldiers they-had^
killed. The rest of the eneny had fled, many of them wounded. 7 machine-guns
(G-3 nos. 085500, 035527, 085466, 085877, 051394, 051407, FN no. 29373),
important documents and photographs,, military clothing and ammunition^ were
among the largo variety of material that was captured.
3 MORE PORTUGUESE DESERTERS
In December, 1968, FRELIMO published a pamphlet for the soldiers of
the Portuguese army, in which three deserters and two prisoners described their
good treatment by FRELIMO, and-urged their companions who were disillusioned
and disatisfied with the v/ar, to disregard the officers' false propaganda
about FRELIMO's barbaric treatment of prisoners, and to desert. As ©. direct
-14-
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| Title | CENPA-035~16 |
| Filename | CENPA-035~16.tiff |
| Full text | AMMUNITION a) 3 boxes of ammunition for G-3 machine-guns b) 3 boxes of rockets c) 41 magazines for G-3 machine-guns OTHER MATERIAL ' a'V 55 uniforms b^ 50 blankets c) 1 radio d) saucepans, plates etc0 SEVERAL LORRIES stationed in the post were also destroyed. For some time, the Portuguese soldiers stationed at the post of NANG0L0L0 had been oppressing the surrounding population. In particular, in the areas of NANYOKA, NANG'UNDE, IBO, LURIO, and MIKALALE, they had been terrorising the people and stealing their crops. FRELIMO soldiers decided to put an end to this situation and organised a reprisal attack in defense of the population. An artillery attack v/ith cannons and mortars took place on 28 March, 1969. Twenty-two soldiers were killed and six houses destroyed. The local people in the areas formerly covered by this post spent the v/hole night celebrating the attackf Various mining operations in Cabo Delgado province, on the 3rd, 9th, 13th,and 28th of March and the 24th February, resulted in the destruction of 7 lorries and the death of at least 15 eneny soldiers. At least 20 enemy v/ere wounded. The Portuguese made two attempts to locate our bases. In the first attempt, on 20th March in the region of MBWALA,. they sent out two companies v/ho suffered three ambushes in succession, resulting in more than 25 eneny casualties* On the 1st, April, near Mueda, another enemy group was located in the bush and attacked by our forces while they v/ere resting. They v/ere forced to retreat. On neither occasion did. they manage to locate a base. In another ambush on 5th April, 1969, FRELIMO soldiers armed with grenades, bazookas and machine-guns ambushed and destroyed two military vehicles, going from NAMRUCIA to QUITARAJO, Our fighters mounted the first lorry and took av/ay the seven weapons belonging to the seven Portuguese soldiers they-had^ killed. The rest of the eneny had fled, many of them wounded. 7 machine-guns (G-3 nos. 085500, 035527, 085466, 085877, 051394, 051407, FN no. 29373), important documents and photographs,, military clothing and ammunition^ were among the largo variety of material that was captured. 3 MORE PORTUGUESE DESERTERS In December, 1968, FRELIMO published a pamphlet for the soldiers of the Portuguese army, in which three deserters and two prisoners described their good treatment by FRELIMO, and-urged their companions who were disillusioned and disatisfied with the v/ar, to disregard the officers' false propaganda about FRELIMO's barbaric treatment of prisoners, and to desert. As ©. direct -14- |
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