BATTLE ON TRAIN BETWEEN TROOPS AND BURMA INSURGENTS
(Reuter—N.Z.P. A. i (Rec. 11.10) RANGOON. Aug. c 0 A delayed report says that insurgents and Burma troops fought a gun battle on a Mandalay bound train as it stood in the Pyu station, 120 miles north of Rangoon. Insurgents clambered aboard the train when it was stationary, and flred pn troops aboard. ‘The . troops tried to eject them. Eventually the troops beat off the insurgents, who cut telenhone lines and tore up railway tracks to prevent the arrival of reinforcements.
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Grey River Argus, 31 August 1948, Page 5
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