FRENCH OUTPOST TAKEN
VIETMINH SUCCESS NEAR HANOI ... . „ HANOI, July 12. .vietmmh Communist forces last night overran the French post of Phuong Tru, on the banks of the Red river, about 16 miles south of Hanoi. There has been no news of the fate of the garrison—about 50 men, mainly Vietnamese—but a patrol today found evidence of a fierce skirmish. The body of the village headman was found among the ruins of the French post
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27091, 14 July 1953, Page 9
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74FRENCH OUTPOST TAKEN Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27091, 14 July 1953, Page 9
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