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Aircraft shot down in September, 1971, in Tete Province
WAR COMMUNIQUE
TETE
During the month of September in Tete's
Eastern region alone, FRELIMO's guerrillas undertook 11 major sabotage operations and ambushes aimed at paralysing
the enemy's communications system.
Some of these operations took place on
the international road which links Mozambique with Rhodesia in the south and
Malawi in the north. Our fighters chose
this road as one of their targets because
it is the enemy's main line for circulating
and distributing their forces. It is on this
road that the Portuguese and Rhodesian
forces come to massacre our people. Last
May, the White Fathers submitted a report on some of these massacres and gave
it as one of the reasons why they decided
to withdraw from Mozambique, thus expressing their condemnation of the barbaric Portuguese colonial regime. But
even after the withdrawal of the White
Fathers, the massacres continue, carried
out jointly by Portuguese and Rhodesian
troops. In some cases, however, Rhodesian troops take the initiative. For example, on the 31st August, they carried
out a raid on a village in the region of
Mutarara and murdered 9 villagers: David
Safur Chitaia, Paulo Nikson, Jacob Zenda,
Mairosse Tique, Pique and 3 children -
two aged 9and one aged 10. Also on 5th
September, in the same region, Rhodesian
troops killed 8 people — 6 adults and 2
children by locking them up in their
houses and setting fire to them. The
names of the murdered Mozambicans
were: Singa Cabula, Veronica Singa (she
was eight months pregnant), Erentina
Madeguri Mazi and Estere Thomas (who
each had one of their children with them),
and Adamo Pedro. The Rhodesian soldiers also raped a girl and then killed her.
These Rhodesian soldiers all came from
the post of Sinoia.
operations on the international road
rhodesia — malawi
FRELIMO fighters undertook 3 sabotage
operations on the main road which connects Mozambique with Rhodesia and
Malawi: on thc 11th September in the
region of Capirizanje, one lorry was destroyed; on the 14th September, in Madambe, another lorry was destroyed; on
the same day, 14th September, one vehicle was blown up in the region of Can-
chocho; on the 15th September, n
Nyang'oma, 2 soldiers were killed and 2
were wounded by mines; on the 21st
September, in the region of Nyang'oma
also on the same road, an ambush resulted
in 2 vehicles blown up and 9 soldiers
killed.
ATTACKS, AMBUSHES AND SABOTAGE
Other sabotage operations and ambushes
in Tete caused the destruction of 13 vehicles and the death of 60 more Portuguese soldiers. These actions took place
on the roads Doa - Mucunga (on the
10th September); Angonia - Tete (on the
14th September; Moatize — Mutarar
(on the 15th, 21st and 30th September),
and in the regions of Mfidzi, Tete,Casula,
Furancungo, Vila Gamito, Nyimbe, Zobue and Angonia.
We also sabotaged the important railway
line between Beira and Moatize, when we
destroyed the bridge over the river Min-
joma. Other bridges destroyed were over
the rivers Canfidzi, on the road between
Tete and Casula; and Duembe, between
the posts of Zobue and Mughunda.
The enemy was forced to abandon 2
more posts in Chintunkula and Cussalala.
Some important roads were also abandoned due to the number of vehicles
constantly being blown up by our mines.
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 50 (1972 Jan.-Mar.) (copy 2) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial - Building up victory (p. 1); On the 3rd anniversary of the assassination of FRELIMO's first president - Nothing can stop what Mondlane began (p. 3); Tanzania's tribute to Mondlane (p. 4); War communique (p. 5); After the massacres of Mukumbura - A victim's relatives join the struggle - A priest describes Portuguese butchery (p. 9); Interview with a Portuguese prisioner (p.11); FRELIMO at the Security Council (p.13); What is the Mozambican culture? FRELIMO's first cultural seminar (p.15); Angola's National Day - Statement on the 4th february (p.16); Visitors in free Mozambique - Chinese guests praise FRELIMO's success; FRELIMO and the people are one (p.17); FRELIMO at the all Africa fair (p. 20); $435,000,000 - Nixon's investment in Portuguese colonialism (p. 22). This version has a different cover. |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273470 |
| Coverage date | 1951/1972-01 |
| Creator | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Department of Information |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Dar Es Salaam, U.R. of Tanzania |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1972-01/1972-03 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 28 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-353 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-353~07 |
| Filename | CENPA-353~07.tiff |
| Full text | Aircraft shot down in September, 1971, in Tete Province WAR COMMUNIQUE TETE During the month of September in Tete's Eastern region alone, FRELIMO's guerrillas undertook 11 major sabotage operations and ambushes aimed at paralysing the enemy's communications system. Some of these operations took place on the international road which links Mozambique with Rhodesia in the south and Malawi in the north. Our fighters chose this road as one of their targets because it is the enemy's main line for circulating and distributing their forces. It is on this road that the Portuguese and Rhodesian forces come to massacre our people. Last May, the White Fathers submitted a report on some of these massacres and gave it as one of the reasons why they decided to withdraw from Mozambique, thus expressing their condemnation of the barbaric Portuguese colonial regime. But even after the withdrawal of the White Fathers, the massacres continue, carried out jointly by Portuguese and Rhodesian troops. In some cases, however, Rhodesian troops take the initiative. For example, on the 31st August, they carried out a raid on a village in the region of Mutarara and murdered 9 villagers: David Safur Chitaia, Paulo Nikson, Jacob Zenda, Mairosse Tique, Pique and 3 children - two aged 9and one aged 10. Also on 5th September, in the same region, Rhodesian troops killed 8 people — 6 adults and 2 children by locking them up in their houses and setting fire to them. The names of the murdered Mozambicans were: Singa Cabula, Veronica Singa (she was eight months pregnant), Erentina Madeguri Mazi and Estere Thomas (who each had one of their children with them), and Adamo Pedro. The Rhodesian soldiers also raped a girl and then killed her. These Rhodesian soldiers all came from the post of Sinoia. operations on the international road rhodesia — malawi FRELIMO fighters undertook 3 sabotage operations on the main road which connects Mozambique with Rhodesia and Malawi: on thc 11th September in the region of Capirizanje, one lorry was destroyed; on the 14th September, in Madambe, another lorry was destroyed; on the same day, 14th September, one vehicle was blown up in the region of Can- chocho; on the 15th September, n Nyang'oma, 2 soldiers were killed and 2 were wounded by mines; on the 21st September, in the region of Nyang'oma also on the same road, an ambush resulted in 2 vehicles blown up and 9 soldiers killed. ATTACKS, AMBUSHES AND SABOTAGE Other sabotage operations and ambushes in Tete caused the destruction of 13 vehicles and the death of 60 more Portuguese soldiers. These actions took place on the roads Doa - Mucunga (on the 10th September); Angonia - Tete (on the 14th September; Moatize — Mutarar (on the 15th, 21st and 30th September), and in the regions of Mfidzi, Tete,Casula, Furancungo, Vila Gamito, Nyimbe, Zobue and Angonia. We also sabotaged the important railway line between Beira and Moatize, when we destroyed the bridge over the river Min- joma. Other bridges destroyed were over the rivers Canfidzi, on the road between Tete and Casula; and Duembe, between the posts of Zobue and Mughunda. The enemy was forced to abandon 2 more posts in Chintunkula and Cussalala. Some important roads were also abandoned due to the number of vehicles constantly being blown up by our mines. |
| Archival file | Volume23/CENPA-353~07.tiff |
