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The results achieved by our fighters in Tete Province are very
encouraging and concrete. We have succeeded in crossing the
Zambezi River and spreading the war over the entire province,
isolating Cabora Bassa from the rest of the country by cutting
the means of communications. From July to September, 1971, our
fighters sunk 8 patrol boats on the Zambezi River, and forced
the enemy troops to abandon 3 strategic military posts. Meanwhile, constant sabotage operations are being undertaken by our
querrillas on the international road which links Tete with Rhodesia in the South and Malawi in the North. This situation has
endangered the safety of this road, through which no vehicle
can pass today without a military escort. The railway line between Beira and Moatize is another favorite target of our
fighters' sabotage operations.
Along the Rhodesian border, Ian Smith has already started to
feel the fire of our armed struggle, as our guerrillas are already fighting in this area successfully.
The state of affairs in the area of the Rhodesian border is being used by the Smith regime as a pretext to increase still
more joint actions with Portuguese troops aimed at torturing,
terrorising and massacring our people in those areas, in order
to prevent our advance to new zones. In some cases, the Rhodesian troops themselves take the initiative. For example, on
31st August, 1971, in the same region, Rhodesian troops killed
8 people by locking them up in their houses and setting fire to
them. The Rhodesian soldiers also raped a girl and then killed
her.
On the other hand, the Portuguese perpetuate their physical
tortures, inhuman deeds and massacres against our people precisely because they are fighting for their human rights. The
White Fathers have openly denounced and condemned these barbaric crimes and outrages against the human dignity of the Mozambican people.
IV - II cabo delgado province
In Cabo Delgado Province, the great fire which consumes Portuguese colonialism is spreading south of the Montepuez - Porto
Amelia axis. Even in the capital of the Province, the enemy is
being attacked on the outskirts of the town. In the countryside
the FRELIMO offensive continues, aimed at dislodging the Portuguese troops from the few posts which, although isolated, they
still hold, but without forgetting the main goal of expanding
the war to new zones, so as to spread it all over the country.
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| Full text | The results achieved by our fighters in Tete Province are very encouraging and concrete. We have succeeded in crossing the Zambezi River and spreading the war over the entire province, isolating Cabora Bassa from the rest of the country by cutting the means of communications. From July to September, 1971, our fighters sunk 8 patrol boats on the Zambezi River, and forced the enemy troops to abandon 3 strategic military posts. Meanwhile, constant sabotage operations are being undertaken by our querrillas on the international road which links Tete with Rhodesia in the South and Malawi in the North. This situation has endangered the safety of this road, through which no vehicle can pass today without a military escort. The railway line between Beira and Moatize is another favorite target of our fighters' sabotage operations. Along the Rhodesian border, Ian Smith has already started to feel the fire of our armed struggle, as our guerrillas are already fighting in this area successfully. The state of affairs in the area of the Rhodesian border is being used by the Smith regime as a pretext to increase still more joint actions with Portuguese troops aimed at torturing, terrorising and massacring our people in those areas, in order to prevent our advance to new zones. In some cases, the Rhodesian troops themselves take the initiative. For example, on 31st August, 1971, in the same region, Rhodesian troops killed 8 people by locking them up in their houses and setting fire to them. The Rhodesian soldiers also raped a girl and then killed her. On the other hand, the Portuguese perpetuate their physical tortures, inhuman deeds and massacres against our people precisely because they are fighting for their human rights. The White Fathers have openly denounced and condemned these barbaric crimes and outrages against the human dignity of the Mozambican people. IV - II cabo delgado province In Cabo Delgado Province, the great fire which consumes Portuguese colonialism is spreading south of the Montepuez - Porto Amelia axis. Even in the capital of the Province, the enemy is being attacked on the outskirts of the town. In the countryside the FRELIMO offensive continues, aimed at dislodging the Portuguese troops from the few posts which, although isolated, they still hold, but without forgetting the main goal of expanding the war to new zones, so as to spread it all over the country. 11 |
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