Annotations for Topic: Combat

On May 16th, at nine at night, the FMLN forces attacked teams of soldiers dressed as civilians in Hacienda Las Pilas in the village of Potrero Grande.

Our forces continue with the hostile actions which with we continue to inflict on the forces of the genocidal army, which thinks it can vacate us from the regios of Suchitoto, Guazapa,

As a complement to this action, our guerrilla squads left a booby trap with a bomb that exploded when the enemy intended to inspect the zone.

On May 18th at 9:00 AM, the Farabundo Martí for the National Liberation Front initiated combat with patroling enemy forces in the cantons of La Ceiba, Valle Nuevo, Valle Viejo, and Buenavista.

That same day, at 5:00 PM, revolutionary forces conducted a stalking ambush against an army's armored truck that transported ammunition and supplies to the enemy forces stationed in Canton El Roblar.

On May 19th at 11 hours, FMLN guerrilla comandos fought against patrols belonging to the Death Squadrón in Canton Santa Anita, jurisdiction of Tenancingo, department of cuscatlan, 40 kilometers from San Salvador.

At sixteen hours, the genocidal army proceeded with its policy of death, destruction and scorched earth that dictated the eight group of Special Forces Coommand of the Yankee Army, and it attacked the Bermuda Hacienda in the zone of Suchitoto, Guazapa. This attack was carried out by a truck, a small tank, and army soldiers that shot eight 81-millimeter morters agains Canton Tenango. No casualties were reported in in the people’s lines. Simultaneously, however, another force tried to penetrate Canton San Francisco, which is controlled by the patriotic forces of the FMLN,

In Chalatenango, on May 24th, the Popular Army of the FMLN continues its labors of hostility close to the towns of Arcatao and San Antonio Los Ranchos. An FMLN column made up of fifty men penetrated that same day in Canton Los Amates, Department of Chalatenango, thus coming in hostile contact with enemy forces.

On May 23rd, FMLN guerrilla comandos attacked the enemy posts in Canton Potrero Grande, in the Department of Cabañas. In this operations, the FMLN forces mined the field and impeded enemy free movement while also anihilating its forces. This action was carried out in the following manner: The hostilities began at 8:20 PM with artillery barrage from the FMLN against enemy forces. This provoked the enemy to haphazardly flee. At 9:00 PM, the FMLN squad of combat engineers retired after mining the field.

In the department of La Paz, patriotic forces ambushed a convoy of the genocidal army in close proximity to Zacatecoluca.

On this same date, guerrilla commandos attached the local command post of the township of Santiago Nonualco in the department of La Paz.

When the combat was at its strongest point, fifty soldiers of the dictatorship haphazarly fled to the township of Delicias de Concepción in Morazán.