- Title: CAMBODIA: REINFORCEMENTS COME IN AS REFUGEES COME OUT
- Date: 19th September 1970
- Summary: 1. Cambodian reinforcements patrolling 6 ft 2. Others follow them through trees 11 ft 3. Troops crossing paddy-field 16 ft 4. Troops marching down Highway Six 20 ft 5. Refugees - mother and children - past 28 ft 6. Girl soldier with mortars to and past camera 34 ft 7. Motor-cyclist and woman checked 38 ft 8. Bu
- Embargoed: 4th October 1970 13:00
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- Location: CAMBODIA
- Country: Cambodia
- Reuters ID: LVA2OAH3IE1PPFE5PMOOWHISBNGC
- Story Text: Bloody fighting is continuing north of Phnom Penh as government troops and the Communists battle for control of the area around the provincial capital of Kompong Thom.
While the Cambodians occupy Kompong Thom, they have failed to reopen the road linking it with Phnom Penh as the Communists have blocked their advance.
As the Lon Nol regime pours more men into the battle, the refugees are pouring out to escape getting caught up in the crossfire. They have fled with everything they own except their houses.
Travellers are being stopped and searched.
Among the reinforcements on the government side have been women troops, including a mortar platoon. Buses were used to bring in fresh food and ammunition as the Cambodians tried to dislodge the Communists from Highway Six.
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