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4. On December 2*4 all the Frelimo groups acting in one of the
regions of Cabo Delgado converged on the village of Miteda, where a large
group of Portuguese soldiers were gathered, drinking and revelling over
Christmas.  The Frelimo freedom fighters attacked them with machine guns
and grenades, killing 113.. About 15 Portuguese soldiers escaped.  None of
our militants was killed or wounded.
5. Un December 19 in the Province of Zambezia, our soldiers
carried out various acts of sabotage, burning 3 warehouses of a tea plantation.  During that operation the freedom fighters killed two guards and the
general manager of the tea company.
6. On December 26 the militants of frelimo attacked the administrative post of Charre, Tete province, killing the chief of the post and
one guard. .
7. The Frelimo soldiers who  on December 24 had launched the
attack in Miteda moved to Diaca after that operation.  In Diaca on
December 28 they gathered again and ambushed a group of Portuguese soldiers
killing 27.
8. After this ambush the inhabitants of a nearby village came
and told our freedom fighters that the attack had been watched by a white
civilian who was coming on the same road by car and who had gone to Mocimboa
da Praia.  Expecting reinforcements sent by the headquarters of Mocimboa da
Praia, our soldiers prepared another ambush.  About three hours later 6 cars
loaded with Portuguese soldiers arrived.  The.first 4 cars were destroyed
with mines and hand grenades.  46 Portuguese soldiers were killed.  The
other two cars turned back and disappeared.  One of our militants was
killed and two wounded. ■ -
9. In the evening of December 31 the freedom fighters of Frelimo,
who were gathered in Diaca, attacked the administrative post, killing 4
Portuguese soldiers and one African policeman.
10.  In the morning of January 1, 1965, about 100 °°*cuguesq
soldiers were sent in pursuit of our finhte"T"a .»*«c>, after the attack referred
to above, had returned to th^.u■- —•  HL about 1 mile from our military base
the Portuouese sn1 J' '•   oaC2i'e intercepted by 5  of uur suidiers.  " brief ex-
chci'T-- ''r   —°° rQH°wed, during which the 3 militants of Frelimo were
kill^"  ^hen our fighters, who were in the base, heard the shots, they dispersed by groups and in a combined movement they encircled the 100 Portuguese soldiers.  Attacked from all sides with machine gun fire, the Portuguese had no possibility to react: 83, numbered one by one by our militants,
fell down, killed, on the spot of the attack.  The others escaped.  Two of
our fighters were killed and 3 wounded,