CPP/Ang Bayan: Military suffers 19 casualties in ST

From the English edition of Ang Bayan (Oct 21): Military suffers 19 casualties in ST

Ten soldiers were killed and nine others were wounded in various military actions launched by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Tagalog from July to September. An abusive company was likewise meted punishment in Occidental Mindoro. The reports were culled from Kalatas, the revolutionary mass paper in the region.

In Quezon. Red fighters under the Apolonio Mendoza Command (NPA-Quezon) thwarted an attempt by fascist troops of the 74th IB to encircle them in Sitio Matalahan, Barangay San Vicente Kanluran, Catanauan on September 16. Seven soldiers were reported killed while all members of the NPA were able to retreat unscathed.

The Red fighters were exercising when the 74th IB attacked at exactly 6:55 a.m. When the soldiers opened fire, the Red fighters were immediately able to maneuver. Each team was able to fight and seize the initiative in the battle.

In Mindoro. The Lucio de Guzman Command (NPA-Mindoro) punished on September 7 the Jomarias International Corporation (JIC), a construction company owned by former congressman and San Jose, Occidental Mindoro town mayor Jose Villarosa.

Residents of the area have been complaining about the company’s operations which have been polluting the Caguray River and destroying the people’s source of livelihood. The punitive operation was undertaken at the Paclolo-Purnaga area in Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro. The Red fighters burned two dumptrucks and a payloader and destroyed two mixers.

On August 26, the Lucio de Guzman Command likewise thwarted an attack by the 4th IB in Sitio Tinawagan, Barangay Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. A mercenary soldier was killed and two others wounded, while not a single Red fighter was killed or injured.

Meanwhile, another soldier was wounded in a sniping and harassment operation launched by an NPA team against the 4th IB in Sitio Gaang, Barangay Panaytayan.

In Palawan. Two elements of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 4 were wounded in a tactical offensive launched by the Bienvenido Valleber Command (NPA-Palawan) on August 26 in Sitio Ebangley, Barangay Abongan, Taytay.

The Red fighters were able to make a safe retreat.

In Rizal. The NPA continues to mete blows on the fascist troops of the AFP in Rizal province. A three-man team under the Narciso Antazo Aramil Command (NPA-Rizal) launched a harassment operation on August 14 against a detachment manned by a composite force of the 16th and 59th IBs.

Before the harassment operation, an NPA unit spurned an attack by the 16th IB on July 28 in Barangay Tinucan, Tanay. A soldier was killed and another trooper was wounded in the 30-minute firefight which began at 6:30 a.m. Not a single Red fighter was killed or wounded in the gunbattle.

By 8 a.m. that day, the NPA unit which had retreated and regrouped returned to the scene of the fighting and harassed the 16th IB, wounding three other soldiers.
Meanwhile, the NPA-Rizal launched a sparrow operation against a sergeant from the 48th IB on July 20.

[Ang Bayan is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and standpoint on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly. It is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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