Wednesday, May 31, 1972
Fighting Picks Up At Angkor
PHNOM PENH (AP) --Government troops trying to recapture the 12th Century temple of Angkor Wat in northwestern Cambodia fought a 12-hour battle near the historic ruins Sunday, the Cambodia high command reported Monday.The command said "about 50" Cambodian soldiers were wounded in the battle, which was fought a little more than one mile southeast of the temple.Maj. Chhang Song, the high command's deputy spokesman, said no reports on the number of government soldiers involved had been radioed from a field headquarters at the former tourist center of Siem Reap, 140 miles northwest of Phnom Penh.The high command said heavy fighting close to the temple ended around midnight Sunday.At the opposite end of Cambodia, Communist pressure on the besieged provincial capital of Svay Rieng, 68 miles southeast of Phnom Penh, continued Sunday, the high command reported.Svay Rieng has been isolated since the middle of April. It has had to be supplied with ammunition by parachute airdrops.The latest series of attacks on the city began Thursday."Fighting Picks Up At Angkor", by (AP) published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 31, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.