4.
3. On the 6th of April, FRELIMO militants attacked a convoy of
3 Portuguese military cars on the road between Mocimboa do Rovuma
and Mueda.  The first car carried African mercenary soldiers
serving the Portuguese.  The second and third were loaded with
Portuguese soldiers.  Our militants allowed the first car to pass,
and attacked the two others with grenades and machine gun fire.
About 20 Portuguese soldiers were killed.  Three FRELIMO militants
were wounded.
4. On the same day, the people confirmed that a group of six
Portuguese stationed at the mission of Imbuho v/ere stealing maize
that had been grown by the people in the region between Mueda and
Nangade.  One FRELIMO guerilla v/as. sent to put an end to the
thefts.  Assisted by the people, v/ho were armed v/ith home-made
guns, our militant organised an ambush.  Three of the Portuguese
were killed.  When the other Portuguese returned their fire, the
Mozambicans turned back without casualties.
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Communique No. 18 - 28 April 1965
NYASA PROVINCE
1. On the 31st of March, the militants of FRELIMO attacked with
machine gun fire a small boat travelling along the edge of Lake
Nyasa from Maniamba to Cobue.  The boat was carrying Portuguese
soldiers and the administrator of the circunscri^ao of Maniamba.
As a result of the attack, several Portuguese soldiers v/ere killed
and others wounded;  however, we do not know their number.
2. On the same day, the FRELIMO fighters ambushed a group of
Portuguese soldiers 5 kms. from the administrative post of Cobue
at Mala.  A Portuguese officer and 3 privates were killed, and
the pistol machine gun belonging to the officer (a German gun,
no. 72489) and ammunition were captured.
3. On the 3rd of April, FRELIMO militants knew that about 100
Portuguese soldiers v/ere established in a village known as Mbueca
on the shore of Lake Nyasa.  The Portuguese had occupied the
church and the huts, which had been left empty by the people of
the village, who were forced to run away after the massacres made
in that region by the colonialist troops.  The Portuguese intended
to build houses there, and had already begun the work.
For two days our militants organised.themselves, watched the
movements of the Portuguese soldiers, and studies a plan of attack.
On the 5th of April at 3 o'clock in the morning, they attacked,the
huts v/here the Portuguese soldiers were sleeping.  It v/as a surrpise
attack v/ith grenades and machine guns, after which the FRELIMO
partisans turned back before the Portuguese soldiers had time to
react.  Next day our militants learned that 32 soldiers had been
killed and 17 v/ere wounded.  Later a boat took all the Portuguese
soldiers away.
In the course of this action, 2 of our militants were wounded.