report on activities of the Angolan freedom fighters in the last part of March that includes ‘the Following suc cesses: .
Some fifty kilometers from Malange, the Angolans set mines on a railway, succeeding in blowing up a Locomotive and two freight cars. _The locomotive engineer and his two assistants were killed,
A consignment of wine and cloth was completely destroyed. The other cars, derailed by the explosion, were seriously. damaged. According to a press release issued by the Portuguese fascist authorities, the damage amounted to several million escudos [1 escudo = $. 0546].
At the Gabulo cataracts, ALNA forces defeated a patrol of -Salazarist troops who sought to attack a temporary camp of the freedom fighters March 12. The imperialist forces suffered six killed and several wounded,
In woods between Catete and Cassoneca March 16, the ALNA squad utilized locally-made incendiary bombs against a camp of the colonialist army and opened fire, killing seven soldiers. The enemy retreated, abandoning considerable matériel (transmitting sets, medical supplies and modern arms). The Angolan patriots were able to retrieve a good part of this, but during the gunfire preceding the enemy's retreat, the ALNA lost four men,
On March 22, on the road from Toto to Bembe, a small convoy of Portuguese military vehicles was ambushed by the ALNA although it was under escort by a PV-2 plane. Three vehicles were destroyed by the’ patriots. Bomber planes from the base at Toto, alerted by the PV-2, came to the rescue but the ALNA partisans had already retreated into the brush,
Near Quibaxe the ALNA forces attacked a patrol of the occupa~ tion army March 25, In the violent fighting, nine Portuguese soldiers were killed and five Angolan combatants lost their lives.
Between Capulo and Ambris another violent encounter took place March 27 when the ALNA caught a Portuguese force by surprise, One Portuguese soldier was taken prisoner. -Two wounded Portuguese soldiers were brought to a field hospital. In addition the enemy lost three killed, |
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