GUERRILLA STRUGGLE CONTINUES IN ANGOLA
The Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile [GRAE] reported from Algiers May 21 that a number of successes have been registered by the National Liberation Army of Angola [ALNA] in engagements with the Portuguese repressive forces,
Between Mucari and Cangandala the ALNA destroyed two vehicles of the occupation army with mortar fire, killing the fifteen occupants. Important documents were captured.
In the Dembos, close to Ucua, the freedom fighters ambushed some Portuguese troops, killing eight. The ALNA suffered five dead.
Near the Cuango river, an ALNA group which had just received reinforcements from across the border were attacked. Four of them were killed. As they made: good their retreat, they killed two - Portuguese troops.
At Serra Bamba the freedom fighters killed a group of “opv" (a terrorist organization used by the colonialist authorities) who were "protecting" a large coffee plantation, the "Fasenda Marilia," Seven were killed; the rest fled; and the ALNA now controls the plantation.
In Cabinda, between Yema and Tando=-Zinze, four Portuguese soldiers were killed during a violent skirmish with the ALNA. Some modern weapons were secured as a result. ,
Finally between Capulo and Ambriz, the ALNA fought "naval" : Portuguese forces. Four members of the ALNA lost their lives. On the other side eleven were killed, including three officers, Anacleto Pires, Carvalho Machado and Faustino Reis.
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