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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1954,
Dien Bien
Bien Phu
Battle Runs
Into Its 51st Day
Hanoi, May 2.
The battle of Dien Bien Phu, the fiercest and most spectacular of the Indo-Chinese war, which today entered upon a new phase, began on March 13 this year.
On the afternoon of that day and after inteuse artillery preparations, the Vietminh troops hurled them- selves in screaming hordes on the camp, and succeeded
BABYLON in overwhelming the post "Beatrice" north-east of the
starring
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main resistance point.
After the first night's fighting; pliots only managed to evacuate Ono thousand Vietminh dead the seriously wounded by taking were found entangled in the grave risks, barbed wire surrounding the camp. On the second night, there were 1,800,
The Violminh troops in their new tactics used bamboo polos
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AIRFIELD DISABLED Eventually, after April 27, the Dien Blon
Phu alveld was put completely out of use by Viel minh advances and hwavy artillery fire, and all air an the barbed
surrounding with the camp was cut the camp. After 40 hours of Little happened during the last Incredibly force fighting, the fortnight
In March, but the French Union troops repulsed 10,000 men under de Castries the human tidal waves, and the wore getting waed 10 Cheese camp'a Commander, General walth
waiting perioda,
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ST.
(then Colonal) Christian de For even before the nest Cestrics, remained the master assault in March, they had been of the situation, although an expeeling an attack every hour, other outpost, "Gabriello" to especially for the opening of the the north, fell a day later. Berlin conference on January French and Vietnamese troops 20. This fortnight's breathing had recaptured Dien Bien Phu apuce was, however, in no way
a parachute operation on a period of rest for the men f November 30 to facilitate the Dion Blon Phu. They were withdrawal of the French Union feverishly engaged in reinforcing troops and civilians from Lai. their defences, posting artillery chau, the capital of the That and digging trenches. The air- country soine 100 miles to the field was still in use at the time, north. The camy
also
con- and a huge airlift poured muni- medicine, Isilluted a threat to the Victions, food suppiles.
minh armies marching on Vien- und miles of barbed wire for the tiane
und Luang Prabang in French troops in the camp.
Al the same time, Colonet de Laus.
Although on March 14 after Castries launched a large scale the first assault, the Vietminh operation supported by tanks on
a village had themselves
Just over a mile west requested truce, so that the dead could be of the
the perimeter, killing 1,500 removed and burled, their com- Vietminh and capturing large mander. General Vo Nguyen armnument stores.
At Olympic Horse Trials
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and Princess Mar- raret in tweeds as they set out from Badminton House, Gloucestershire seat of the Duke of Beaufort, for a tour of the stables before watching the second day of the Olympto Horse Trials at Badminton held last week. -— Reuterploto,
"Short Sharp Shock"
Giap, soon showed he intended Meanwhile, the French Union to prevent the evacuation of the aircraft continuously bombed the French Union wounded by Vietminh anti-aircraft and the
Medical artillery positions every possible means,
round the comp ambulance planes mark-camp, and the Jungle road along
Molotov trucks ed with Red Crosses were fired which
were upon by the Vietminh, and the bringing up supplies.
The Second Assault
CONOS of
Sentences Begin For British Youths
London.
The first batch of 20 young offenders sent to new Home Office detention centre at Goudhurst, Kent, experienced over Easter the early stages of "short, sharp shock" treatment. They will serve between one and six months there.
The treatment is designed for those what are not yet dviļnitely and-social, but need to be taught respect for the law.
It was first tried at Kidling- tork near Oxford.
The Kidlington centre deals
A staff of 18 officers with long experience of prison work has been chosen by the Prison Commissioners for the Kent centre. They see that the strictest discipline is maintained,
Complaints Of Sinus
In Parliament
among
the staff, Mr Bevins, Pariia- mentary Secretary, Ministry of Works, announced,
The second Vietminh assault General. The stars, which are was launched on March 30 on part of every French General's the eastern perimeter. Fighting insignia, were parachuted to the was, if anything, forcer than camp. along with before, and General Glap seem- brandy to celebrate the occasion, with boys aged 14 to 17. Goud- ed determined to obtain Unfortunately, some of it fellur opened about three weeks ngo, is for those aged 17 to 21.
London, May 2. victory at all costs regardless of into the Vietminh Ines.
Offenders are committed thero Investigations are being made losses.
Fighting
There was a period of quite by magistrates within a radius at the House of Commons into Was most bitter
of of of 80 miles, including those in complaints
akruus trouble another feverish reinforcing around the north-eastern posts
defences. The
Lonxion. Vietminh con
MPa and members of **Ellano"
and
"Dominique" tinued shelling the airfield, and which changed hands as many
endeavouring 10 run
their 08 pix Ится. Once Dgati
trenches even closer towards the parachutists. Foreign Legion-
central defence points. aires, and Могоссать sharp-
The Geneva conference open shooters
battled hand-to-hand
handed on April with fresh Vietminh troops, who still no large-scale attack. Even 20, but there was screamed wildly as they charged us the talks began on Indo- WARDEN'S OPTIMISM De Castries had again to close Chinn, however, late yesterday in his defences, but on April 1, evening. General Giap launched The warden, Mr J. R. Wal-
the humidity of the Chamber the Vietminh fury abated.
his third assault.
son, who was deputy-governor
appreciably towards DANGEROUSLY REDUCED
and has changed Evenyone in Hanoi is deeply of Winchester prison
night-time. Una as a Borsial spent much During the following days, uc-aware that this is bound to bu ivity wan
am optimistic recorde of concentrated on the the decisive phase in the Dien officer, said: "I north-west flank of the camp, Bien Phu battle, and that its about this form of training" Hu Chamber were kept, but they
emphasised that the centre was did not show and the Vietminh
any appreciable a formativo stage.
change toward night-time. There Basically conditions will be was, however,
# tendency for the same as at Kidlington. The temperatures. to rise when the mament on offender arrives he House sat lato (laughter) and is deprived not
only of hls when it was crowded at night. liberty but also of every element As a result of experiments in
managed to result may profoundly affect the occupy about a third of the air future of Indo-China-France-suli in a field, and iwo strong-points, Presse. which had become impossible to
supply. The
from all
River
агод was thus
dangerously narrowed down to Volunteers some 700 yards.
units in the Red delta carried out their on this frat parachute jumps tiny stretch of airfield.
On
April 10, Colonel De Castries was promoted Brigadier-
Support For Harold Wilson's
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King Hussein Nominates
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He was replying to a request from Dr Stross, Socialist M.P. for Stoke-on-Trent, for informa- tion about the drying up of the air and its effect on causing ainusitis. Dr Stross said that
Mr Boyins sald that careful humidity in the
of what he thinks is a good the last few weeks it had been
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GRANNIE'S LETTER GIVES A CLUE
Royal Tour
Official Returns
Amman, May 2.
London, May 2. King Hussein
today
Viscount Althorp, 30, Acting nominated Abu El Huda
Master of the Royal Household Tewfig
on Queen Elizabeth's Common- to form a пен
wealth tour, returned to London Cabinet, following the re-
Liege, May 2.
by air today from Tobruk, Huyton, Lancashire, May. 3.
A letter found on one of two Mr Harold Wilson, who took signation of the Govern Belgian
The Queen gave him permis- Air Force corporals sion to cut short the four to left-winger Aneurin Bevan's ment, headed by Dr Fawzi accused of sabotaging eight make
arrangements for his place on the Labour Party's Mulki.
Thunderjet planes was from his wedding next month to the Hon, shadow Cabinet, met his cou
grandmother,
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The rignation had been ex- She was surprised that he Lord Fermoy, a former Conser night and explained his reapons pected for some timo bocaue had not got love, and asked: vative member of Parliament. for doing 50,
of domestic and international "Have you stopped another Afterwards a statement was factors and recent reported dis plane from leaving?" lagued saying the committee harmony among the Ministers.
wij "in complate agreement
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