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WAR COMMUNIQUE
Cabo Delgado
During the period August — December
FRELIMO fighters in Cabo Delgado attacked 15 posts, camps and concentration
camps and undertook a great number of
ambushes and sabotage operations. More
than 100 enemy soldiers were killed, 10
vehicles were destroyed and a large quantity of war material was captured.
attacks
September 20: FRELIMO forces attacked and assaulted the post of Quite-
rajo. In this attack we captured documents and different material including 11
«Mauser» rifles Nos. 3017, 7262, 11317,
8024, 3997, 7034, 253, 278, 4848, 6234
and 7804 and aG-3 sub-machine gun No.
095405, 2 radio transmitters, 3 radios,
146 pairs of boots, 26 blankets, 71 uniforms and a Portuguese flag.
October 10: FRELIMO fighters attacked
and assaulted the concentration camp of
Xixano, capturing several «Mauser» rifles,
32 blankets, 21 pairs of boots, 52 pieces
of cloth, 3 radios, 1 Portuguese flag,
money, etc.
October 18: FRELIMO forces attacked
and assaulted the concentration camp at
Mashomwe killing many of the enemy and
capturing 2 «Mauser» rifles Nos. 7765
and 19072, 23 blankets, many rounds of
ammunition, 2 radio-receivers, 28 pieces
of cloth, etc.
November 1: at 4.15 a.m. FRELIMO
fighters launched a heavy combined ar
tillery and infantry attack against the post
of Lussoma. Many of the Portuguese
soldiers were killed and the following
material was captured:
2 radio-transmitters, 9 rifles cal. 7.9, 3
G-3 automatic rifles with 33 loaded
magazines, 1 heavy machine-gun with 40
rounds of ammunition, 28 mortar shells
60mm., 32 hand grenades and 45 uniforms, etc. Lussoma was last attacked
and almost completely destroyed in October, 1972. During the past year the
Portuguese had rebuilt the post.
December 16 - 19: The post of Sagal
was encircled by our forces and shelled
continually over 3 days. The airforce,
sent to bomb our positions, was repelled,
and on the third day our forces were so
close to the post that the airplanes
bombed   and   strafed    the   post   itself.
Other posts and concentration camps attacked by our forces were: Namele, on
August 8; Mueda, on October 13; Palma
on October 15; Nambude, on October
17; Mavude - Nambungia on November
12; Nkumango on November 13; Ntan-
dora on November 17; N'gapa on November 24; Nataruka - Nakatur on December 5.
ambushes and sabotage
Our comrades launched many ambushes
and sabotage operations, mainly in the
areas of Mueda, Memba, Mwanjugula,
Nacatar, Cuero, Maunde, Pundanhar, Na-
linde, Mshuka, Montepuez and Macomia.
October 13:  a FRELIMO unit ambushed
enemy puppet soldiers who were operating on lake Nangade in 5 small boats.
There were 2 soldiers in each boat. All
of the boats were sunk and the 10 enemy
soldiers were killed.
November 11: enemy troops disembarking from a helicopter attacked our hospital in Mucojo. They were repelled by
the hospital's garrison, but succeeded in
murdering some of the patients and
wounding others.
Tete
During the months August — October,
FRELIMO fighters in Tete shot down a
Rhodesian airplane; attacked 12 military centres and concentration camps;
blew up a train; and launched a great
number of ambush and sabotage operations. About 190 enemy soldiers were
killed, 28 vehicles and one bridge were
destroyed, and many people were freed
from concentration camps.
attacks
September 4: The concentration camp
at Changwe was overrun by our forces,
who captured 4 «Mauser» rifles Nos.
75186, 676, 1973 and 18217, ammunition, 2 radios, 20 uniforms and a Portuguese flag.
September 23: The concentration camp
at Furtuna was attacked: six enemy soldiers were killed and their «Mauser» rifles Nos. 1811, 16939, 12166,689,4103
and 10767 were captured.
Our comrades also attacked the posts and
camps of Kalonje, on August 20; Kawili,
on September 29; Cachulu, on September 11; Vila Gamito on September 20;
Kalanje on September 20; Chiringa, on
October 2; Mafigoas and Chibuvu on
September 29; and Mafizondi on August
20.
Two other concentration camps were
attacked: Maugo, on September 30, and
Matenje on September 21.
aircraft shot down
On August 4, a Rhodesian reconnaissance
plane flying over the zone of Bucho was
shot down by our anti-aircraft fire. The
plane crash-landed in Rhodesia, in the
region of Chingongo.
train blown up
On the railway line between Chiweza and
Doa, on September 26, a train engine was
blown up and 5 wagons were badly damaged when they hit a mine laid by our
comrades. The train was transporting
goods and troops.