FRENCH WITHDRAWAL IN INDO-CHINA
SAIGON, Nov. 11 (Rec. 6 pm).— French troops yesterday evacuated a post. 11 miles north-west of the IndoChinese town of Mom-ay, on the Chinese border, near the gulf of Tonking, after a Communist attack.
Vietminh forces were dispersed by patrols and artillery fire south of ! Chanson, about 10 kilometres southeast of Dinhlap, in Ute north-east sec- ! tor of the Tonking frc’nl. A mopping up operation on I’avinh Island, some I 15 kilometres east of Kienan, south of | the important port of Haiphong, resulted in the recox cry of arms and a ! number of Vietminh casualties. ' Twenty regular Vietminh troops were killed and arms, including a mortar and a machine-gun, were cap- ; tured 11 kilometres south-east of ' Namdinh. I Similar operations were reposed in i the Hadong sector, north of the Delta .and north-west of Thaibing, 90 ki)o--i metres south-east of Hanoi.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 13 November 1950, Page 5
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