INDO-CHINA FIGHTING

Grey River Argus, 13 August 1946, Page 5

INDO-CHINA FIGHTING

FRENCH AND SIAMESE (Rec. 6.30). NEW YORK, Aug. 10. An Associated Press correspondent at Dalat, in Indo-China, says: French soldiers' reported that they killed 35 of a large band of 500 Siamese who attacked the Siem Reap Hotel and military hospital. The Cambodian guard was unable to beat off the attackers, who were not identified. Siem Reap is the last important settlement between Indo-China and the rice bowl area, which France is demanding back from Thailand. Officials considered the attack might be the first military appearance of the Free Cambodian movement centred in Thailand,

Three French troops have died. Siamese and Japanese bodies were found among the dead assailants. The latter withdrew with booty. It was' the first reported border attack in Cambodia, which is the only IndoChinese province that has been entirely peaceful until now.