- Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: SCATTERED FIGHTING CONTINUES AS U.S. TROOPS WITHDRAW
- Date: 26th October 1969
- Summary: 1. SV TROOPS CROSS RIVER IN BOATS 0.05 2. SV OFFICER AND MEN STUDY MAP IN BOAT (2 SHOTS) 0.22 3. CU TROOPS OBSERVE RIVER BANK 0.29 4. SV MORTAR FIRED, TROOPS AIMING FROM BOAT (4 SHOTS) 0.46 5. SV SHELLS LOADED INTO GUN 0.51 6. SV BOAT AT RIVER BANK, TROOPS DISEMBARK, PUSH THROUGH UNDERGROWTH AND SEARCH HUTS (3 SHOTS) 1.17 7. SV MAN CAPTURED AND ANOTHER HELD (2 SHOTS) 1.44 8. SV TROOPS CONTINUE SEARCH 1.49 Initials MJS/VS/AS/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 10th November 1969 13:00
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- Location: QUANG NAM PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
- Reuters ID: LVAA58V5TLI8855IB8MRYU3V9TO0
- Story Text: AS UNITED STATES TROOPS BEGIN TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH VIETNAM, AND MORE WITHDRAWALS ARE PROMISED, THE LEVEL OF FIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAS FALLEN. IN THE PAST WEEK THERE HAVE BEEN FOR THE MOST PART ONLY SCATTERED SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND SOUTH VIETNAMESE ALLIES AND VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES.
TYPICAL OF THESE INCONCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS WAS AN OPERATION BY SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT FORCES WITH AMERICAN ADVISERS IN THE DIEN BAN DISTRICT OF QUANG NAM PROVINCE.
ACTING ON MILITARY INTELLIGENCE THAT AT LEAST TWO BATTALIONS OF NORTH VIETNAMESE HAD INFILTRATED INTO THE DISTRICT, TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE BATTALIONS IN TO SURROUND THE AREA.
THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY GUN SHIPS, UNITS OF THE 14TH RIVER BOATS, AND TWO PLATOONS OF MARINE COMMANDOS.
THOUGH THERE WAS SPORADIC FIGHTING AS THE TROOPS MOVED ALONG THE TRA KHUC RIVER, THERE WAS LITTLE CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY WHEN THEY LANDED.
IN TWO DAYS OF SEARCHING VILLAGES IN THE AREA, ONLY TWO VIET CONG WERE KILLED, AND TWO OTHERS WERE CAPTURED.
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