NEWS BULLETIN-COMILLA
RIVER IN AMBUSH
AT SALDA NADI AREA ENEMY SUFFERED CASUALTIES OF 211 DEAD(TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN) AND MANY INJURED (INCLUDING MONDOBHAG AND NAYANPUR AREA), FROM 26TH AUGUST TO 28TH AUGUST. TOTAL ENEMY CASU- ALTIES EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN 300 (THREE HUNDRED).
Saldanadi Area, where the enemy had constantly been chased. hunted and ambushed, here where enemy had to suffer losses of many officers, where enemy had been again and again on their bid to survive had to run away from various grounds, has again become the ground of Mukti Fouj's vigorous thrust. A thrust which almost physically paralyzed the enemy strength. Enemy's ration line has been cut, line of communication were disrupted and time and again Pak troop's bid to supply ration and ammunition was stopped. On 26th of August enemy suffered casualty of 81 dead and subsequently on 27th 45 dead and on 28th August 86 dead. One captain of enemy troops was also a victim (killed).
On 26th August 71 morning one boat carrying enemy troops were coming from Brahmanpara to Dhandoil. This boat party came for a rackey. At Dhandoil the boat was ambushed and ten enemy soldiers including a captain was killed. On the same date Mukti Fouj came out with vigor and promise. Mukti Fouj made it impossible for enemy to initiate any attempt to supply ration and ammunition. Two boats of enemy while coming from Mondobhag area with arms and ammunition were ambushed and 12 (Twelve) more enemy troops were killed. Again the same morning enemy tried to supply ration and ammunition from Nayanpur to Mondobhag. Two more boats were drowned and 14 (Fourteen) other were killed (enemy soldiers). At about 11.00 hours the same morning two other boats came to collect the dead bodies. Ambush was laid by Mukti l'ouj. One boat was drowned. Five enemy soldiers were killed. The rear boat managed to escape. Mukti Fouj on the same date foiled a bid to supply ration and ammunition by Pak troops. Four enemy boats with ration and ammunition and another boat escorting them tried to advance from Brahmanpara to Nayanpur. At north Nagaish Mukti Fouj laid river in ambush. Three enemy boats were drowned and twenty enemy soldiers were killed. Lastly 2 boats came from western side to collect the dead bodies. They were under Mukti Fouj's firing range. Six other enemy soldiers became the victim, they died on the spot.
At north Nagaish, the same place, where the above mentioned actions were operated on 28th August, Mukti Fouj made it clear to the enemy that any other attempt to reinforce or to supply ration and ammunition could only make the fate of cncmy troops obvious the fatal death. On 28th August the enemy boats carrying 50 (Fifty) soldiers were seen coming from western side to Nayanpur. Mukti Fouj drowned all the three boats, killed all the persons (Fifty of them).
At about 09.00 hours two more enemy carrying 30 (Thirty) enemy soldiers tried to advance, but could not escape the Mukti Fouj's usual tid bits. All the 30 (Thirty) enemy persons were killed, the boats were sunk.
