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ANNAMESE STRONGHOLD
STRONG FRENCH ASSAULT
(10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec 17. British 25-pounders close to Saigon signalled the opening of the biggest military operation in French Indo-China since the Allies arrived, says the Daily Mail’s correspondent at Rangoon. The Allies went into action after a fresh outbreak of terrorist activities. Ninety per cent of the forces engaged are French. The operation centred north of Saigon around swamp land which is the main hide-out of the Annamese.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21899, 18 December 1945, Page 3
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