Encircled Pakistan Troops Fight Struggling Dunkirk Tale
Calcutta AP report says Indian and East Pakistan forces battle to break siege as river craft move toward Chittagong and Dacca. Generals Aurora and Singh describe air and ground actions isolating Pakistani troops, with riverine and coastal operations echoing Dunkirk era evacuations.
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Calcutta
India
Ajarmada
Sampans
Dag Singh Aurora
Talila Dunkerque
Gelling
Dacca
Wis
Uinder
Dandakandi
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Acca
Guarsiren
Pula F
Aurora
Boros
Mariani
Ganges
Pyalain
Chittagong
Des
Dunkerque
Bay of Bengal
Britain
Forces struggle at border amid overextension says general
A general noted large border defense stretched operations and praised Pakistani troops for fighting well where pressed. He cited superior mobility and air power while urging withdrawal. Mukti Bahini guerrillas aided the Indian army by sharing enemy movement details amid ongoing combat in East Pakistan.
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iLet
Aurora
Mukti Bahini
East Pakistan
Bangla Desh
Ayem
Kidnap Hoax Nets $48,000 in Montreal Bank Tale
Montreal police report a bank manager, F. Guy of the Bank of Montreal, received an anonymous ransom call claiming his wife was kidnapped and demanded $50,040. He placed cash on a subway train and alerted police, but authorities were unsure if the caller acted alone or if the wife was actually kidnapped.
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Montreal
Guy
Bank of Montreal
Dallas
Bombed Orphanage Blasts Pakistan War Tactics
Indian warplanes bombed the Moslem Mission Home orphanage in Dacca East Pakistan killing at least 47 people and leaving many more missing. Founder Mohammed Rahman described the dawn attack as bombs dropped from high altitude producing debris and deep craters. About 400 residents including 100 doctors and missionaries lived there. The orphanage lies near Dadca’s airport Guinea, an area repeatedly attacked since Saturday. Pakistan’s deputy prime minister Bhutto warned that world inaction could invite greater aggression if the India Pakistan war continues.
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Mohammed Rahman
Rahman
Calcutta
Indira Gan
Inla
Dadca’s
Guinea
Pakistan
People’s Voice
Tehran
Tran
Aallikar Ali Bhutto
New York
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