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- 7 -
January 23: A group of FRELIMO members ambuscaded with home
made rifles in the region of Chief Mbalale. At this popular action 12
Portuguese soldiers were killed and two were injured. Twelve rifles and
ammunition were capturad.
February 20: Two vehicles carrying Portuguese soldiers were
ambushed 2 kms. from Mueda. Gur militants destroyed the two vehicles and
15 of the Portuguese soldiers were killed and others were wounded.
February 23: . The same group of FRELIMO militants attacked a
convoy of 40 Portuguese military vehicles which was returning from another
rqgion, A fight ensued, our soldiers concentrating on the 7 vehicles in
the front, as a result of which 5 of these vehicles were totally destroyed,
About 30 Portuguese soldiers were killed in this action, uther enemy
vehicles fired at random from a distance without any real effect on our
militants. .
February 26: At Muidumbe, another convoy of three Portuguese
military vehicles was caught in an ambush by FRELIMO-militants. The total
number of Portuguese soldiers killed here is unknown. The other three
enemy vehicles turned and disappeared at high speed.
In all the above mentioned attacks taken place in February where
10 military vehicles were destroyed and 50 Portuguese soldiers were killed
and many wounded, several of our combatants were wounded, but none were
killed,,
One:Portuguese Plane Shot Down
The Mozambique Liberation Front announces that on the 28th of
February a Portuguese military airplane was shot down by FRELIMO militants
15 kms. from Mueda in the region between Mueda and Miteda. All of the
crew, numbering four, died.. The plane flew regularly over that zone on
reconnaisance missions every day at the same ti.ne.
Thirty-nine Portuguese Soldiers Killed
On March 6 FRELIMO militants in the Province of Cabo Delgado
ambushed a convoy of three Portuguese military curs 20 kms. north of
Diaca, destroying them with land mines, hand grenades and machine guns.
The cars were loaded with Portuguese soldiers, 39 of whom were killed,
while two were wounded. There were no casualties among the FRELIMO
militants.
On Marcn 11 FRELIMO militants ambushed a convoy of three military
cars on the road between Mueda and Mocimboa. All the cars were destroyed.
About 20 Portuguese soldiers were killed. The exact number is unknown.
Object Description
| Title | Mozambican revolution (New York ed.), vol. 1, no. 5 (1965 June) |
| Description | Contents: Development of our struggle (p. 2); South African soldiers in the Portuguese army (p. 5); One Portuguese plane shot down (p. 7); Thirty-nine Portuguese soldiers killed (p. 7); Repressions in Mozambique (p. 8); Two more planes shot down and about 20 Portuguese soldiers killed (p. 9); The ICCJ denounces Portuguese colonialism (p. 9); Copy of a telegram from President Gamal Abdul Nasser sent to the FRELIMO representative in Cairo (p.11); Annual Congress of National Union of Tanganika Workers (p.11); Portuguese forced to admit war (p.12); Totalitarianism and Democracy (p.13). |
| Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
| Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
| Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273356 |
| Coverage date | 1964-06/1965-04-06 |
| Creator | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | 324 West 84th Street, New York 33, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1965-06 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 15 p. |
| Format (aat) | newsletters |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
| Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
| Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
| Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
| Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
| Filename | CENPA-132 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-132~08 |
| Filename | CENPA-132~08.tiff |
| Full text | - 7 - January 23: A group of FRELIMO members ambuscaded with home made rifles in the region of Chief Mbalale. At this popular action 12 Portuguese soldiers were killed and two were injured. Twelve rifles and ammunition were capturad. February 20: Two vehicles carrying Portuguese soldiers were ambushed 2 kms. from Mueda. Gur militants destroyed the two vehicles and 15 of the Portuguese soldiers were killed and others were wounded. February 23: . The same group of FRELIMO militants attacked a convoy of 40 Portuguese military vehicles which was returning from another rqgion, A fight ensued, our soldiers concentrating on the 7 vehicles in the front, as a result of which 5 of these vehicles were totally destroyed, About 30 Portuguese soldiers were killed in this action, uther enemy vehicles fired at random from a distance without any real effect on our militants. . February 26: At Muidumbe, another convoy of three Portuguese military vehicles was caught in an ambush by FRELIMO-militants. The total number of Portuguese soldiers killed here is unknown. The other three enemy vehicles turned and disappeared at high speed. In all the above mentioned attacks taken place in February where 10 military vehicles were destroyed and 50 Portuguese soldiers were killed and many wounded, several of our combatants were wounded, but none were killed,, One:Portuguese Plane Shot Down The Mozambique Liberation Front announces that on the 28th of February a Portuguese military airplane was shot down by FRELIMO militants 15 kms. from Mueda in the region between Mueda and Miteda. All of the crew, numbering four, died.. The plane flew regularly over that zone on reconnaisance missions every day at the same ti.ne. Thirty-nine Portuguese Soldiers Killed On March 6 FRELIMO militants in the Province of Cabo Delgado ambushed a convoy of three Portuguese military curs 20 kms. north of Diaca, destroying them with land mines, hand grenades and machine guns. The cars were loaded with Portuguese soldiers, 39 of whom were killed, while two were wounded. There were no casualties among the FRELIMO militants. On Marcn 11 FRELIMO militants ambushed a convoy of three military cars on the road between Mueda and Mocimboa. All the cars were destroyed. About 20 Portuguese soldiers were killed. The exact number is unknown. |
| Archival file | Volume10/CENPA-132~08.tiff |
