GUERRILLAS SCORE. SUCCESSES
In the first half of July fierce battles continued between ° the Angolan freedom fighters and the troops of the fascist Portuguese government, the Revolutionary Government..of Angola. An. Exile reported duly Ls,
_ At Serra de Mucaba a convoy of Salazarist troops came under heavy fire from forces of the Angolan Army of National Liberation LALNA]. Twelve soldiers were killed and two half-tracks and a jeep were destroyed. i
On the route between Bembe and Toto a Portuguese patrol was ambushed. Four Portuguese soldiers were killed and two portable radio transmitters of German make were seized,
Near the Cole River close to Lucala a sharp exchange occurred. Ten Portuguese soldiers were killed; eight freedom fighters fell. The guerrilla forces gained some automatic weapons.
On the road between Ucua and Pango-Aluquen, a light tank _ crossed a mine set by the Angolans, The vehicle was blown up and its occupants killed.
In the Ambrizete region, a coast guard vessel of the Portuguese naval forces was hit by mortar fire from an ALNA commando group, The vessel sank, along with its crew. . Between Santo-Antonio do Zaire and Porto-Rico, a small encampment of the colonialist army was attacked by elements of the ALNA, Five enemy soldiers were killed and, in addition to rifles, the patriots seized cases of munition and medicine.