256 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র : দশম খন্ড hand we had only two 3" mortars. Troops were completely exhausted. The task ahead was very tough. We moved out for the objective from the assembly area at 0300 hours. After clearing few enemy resistance on the way we took complete 1% hours to reach within 500 yards from objective. It was almost dawn, by the time all my troops reached there. We found that we will have to pay very dearly if we attack such a strong enemy position in broad day light. I also saw the enemy defence from a close distance and found it absolutely difficult to attain success in that situation. I contacted Lt. Col. Datta on wireless in the rear and explained him the situation. Initially he insisted me to go for an assult but later on he realized the graveness of the situation and ordered me to pull back. I thanked to the Almighty, otherwise it would have been a complete massacre for us that day. We took little bit of rest on that day. Continuous strain on own troops caused about 150 men unfit for battle by the evening of 2 Dec' 71. I was left with only solid three companies to launch the attack of Kanaighat. Brigadier Watkey who was our overall Command in the Sector came to my area on that evening. We got all the latest information from him about other war fronts. We were just delighted to know about the success of Mukti Bahini every where. For last 10/15 days we did not even find any opportunity to switch on the transistor. The name of my company commanders in that operations were (Sub) A Matin Chowdhury, Lt Zahir and Lt Ghias. All of them were brave and capable soldiers. We were feeling slightly fresh in the evening and were completely determined to crush the enemy at Kanaighat. In the meantime I procured all possible information about enemy at Kanaighat. From the information it appeared that enemy was also very much expecting us by dawn 3 Dec'71. At 0400 hours on 3 Dec we reached (FUP) within three hundred yards from the enemy without giving us out to the enemy. We opened fire on the enemy just at 0530 hours. Enemy respond was very quick. They also opened up with complete battery of artillery guns. We kept on giving pressure on the enemy by encircling them from three sides. Within an hour time we met about 15 casualties. At 0700 hours enemy started retreating. At 0715 hours we charged the enemy at their bunkers. We started killing the brutal Panjabies with bayonets and grenades. Most of them left the arms and jumped in the river Surma and got killed. By the Grace of Almighty we completely liberated Kanaighat at 0830 hours and gave ok to higher commander at the rear. Enemy met a colossal defeat at Kanaighat. Enemy left about dozen of dead bodies behind. Locals reported on the following day that they saw quite a number of dead bodies floating on the river. We also captured a huge number of arms and ammunitions left behind by the enemy. People were once again full of joys after a long captive period of nine months. They gathered around us and started narrating their woeful stories of enemy torture.
