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- 9 -
Two More Planes Shot Dawn and about
20 Portuguese Soldiers Killed
Since the beginning of April, the military activities of the
Portuguese in Northern Mozambique has been characterized by intensive and
frequent bombing of the African villages, which has forced a great part of
the population to take refuge in the bush. As a preliminary measure to
the bombing, the Portuguese authorities made all the Europeans living in
that region, including the missionaries, move to the urban centers.
The FRELIMO militants possess anti-aircraft guns. They placed
themselves in strategic points and shot down two Portuguese military planes.
1. On April 3 the FRELIMO fighters shot at a Portuguese military
plane in the region of Mueda at a place called Chudi. Hit by the antiaircraft guns, the plane attempted to fly to the Mueda airfield where it
crashed to the ground in flames. All the crew died.
2. A similar operation took place on April 5, approximately at
the same place. The only difference was that the plane did not arrive at
the airfield, it Crashed down about four miles from Mueda.
There were 9 planes at Mueda, there are now only 6.
3. On April 6 FRELIMO militants attacked a convoy of three
Portuguese military cars on the road between Mocimboa do Rovuma and Mueda.
The first car carried African mercenary soldiers serving the Portuguese0
The second and third were loaded with Portuguese soldiers. Our militants
let the first car pass and attacked the two others with grenades and
machine gun fire. About twenty Portuguese soldiers were killed. Three
FRELIMO militants were wounded.
4. On the same day (April 6) the people confirmed that a group
of six Portuguese stationed at the Mission of Imbuho were stealing maize
that had been grown by the people in the region between Mueda and Nangade.
One FRELIMO guerrilla was sent to put an end to the thefts. Assisted by
the people who were armed with home-made guns, our militant organized an
ambush. Three of the Portuguese were killed. When the other Portuguese
returned the fire, the Mozambicans turned back without any casualties
THE I.C.C.J. DENOUNCES PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM
Last January we received a letter from the International Committee
for Cooperation cf Journalists, in which that organization promised full
support Df our struggle. "We engage to mobilize our resources in support
Object Description
| Title | Mozambican revolution (New York ed.), vol. 1, no. 5 (1965 June) (copy 2) |
| Description | "Includes hand notations." 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-133 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-133~10 |
| Filename | CENPA-133~10.tiff |
| Full text | - 9 - Two More Planes Shot Dawn and about 20 Portuguese Soldiers Killed Since the beginning of April, the military activities of the Portuguese in Northern Mozambique has been characterized by intensive and frequent bombing of the African villages, which has forced a great part of the population to take refuge in the bush. As a preliminary measure to the bombing, the Portuguese authorities made all the Europeans living in that region, including the missionaries, move to the urban centers. The FRELIMO militants possess anti-aircraft guns. They placed themselves in strategic points and shot down two Portuguese military planes. 1. On April 3 the FRELIMO fighters shot at a Portuguese military plane in the region of Mueda at a place called Chudi. Hit by the antiaircraft guns, the plane attempted to fly to the Mueda airfield where it crashed to the ground in flames. All the crew died. 2. A similar operation took place on April 5, approximately at the same place. The only difference was that the plane did not arrive at the airfield, it Crashed down about four miles from Mueda. There were 9 planes at Mueda, there are now only 6. 3. On April 6 FRELIMO militants attacked a convoy of three Portuguese military cars on the road between Mocimboa do Rovuma and Mueda. The first car carried African mercenary soldiers serving the Portuguese0 The second and third were loaded with Portuguese soldiers. Our militants let the first car pass and attacked the two others with grenades and machine gun fire. About twenty Portuguese soldiers were killed. Three FRELIMO militants were wounded. 4. On the same day (April 6) the people confirmed that a group of six Portuguese stationed at the Mission of Imbuho were stealing maize that had been grown by the people in the region between Mueda and Nangade. One FRELIMO guerrilla was sent to put an end to the thefts. Assisted by the people who were armed with home-made guns, our militant organized an ambush. Three of the Portuguese were killed. When the other Portuguese returned the fire, the Mozambicans turned back without any casualties THE I.C.C.J. DENOUNCES PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM Last January we received a letter from the International Committee for Cooperation cf Journalists, in which that organization promised full support Df our struggle. "We engage to mobilize our resources in support |
| Archival file | Volume10/CENPA-133~10.tiff |
