8 East Bengal Regiment supported by one company of East Pakistan Rifles took up a strong defensive position on Kalurghat on the Karnaphuli-Cox’s Bazar highway. The battalion headquarter was established at Gomdandi, a village in the neighborhood of Kalurghat.
The defense at Kalurghat was organized with three companies of 8 East Bengal on the eastern bank of Karnaphuli and one company of the East Pakistan Rifles on the Western bank. This company had the role of an advanced position, to pass back information of the enemy, make contact, inflict casualty with a view to delaying the enemy, and finally to fall back on the eastern bank through the Kalurghat bridge.
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