Ambush at Kumira
News had it that a column consisting of 24 Frontier Force regiment and 88 Motar battery of 120 milimetre mortars was moving fast towards Chittagong under the command of Brigadier Iqbal Shafi, Commander 53 Brigade of Comilla. The Pakistan army column advanced steadily, unopposed barring some unprotected road block, the column had a smooth sailing all the way through. By 5 p.m. the column got across Shuvapur bridge in safety. Kumira defile lay ahead with no apparent sign of life where the enemy column stopped as usual to clear just another road block the like of which they had faced all the way through. It was 7-15 p.m. suddenly Kumira burst out with life. Heavy machine gun and mortar fire was brought to bear on the enemy. The enemy was taken by complete surprise. For a few minutes they were alarmed and baffled. Leaving a good number of casualties in dead and wounded they took up position and began to return fire. This continued for good two hours after which the battle field was covered with a blanket of still quietness.
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