Early in the morning of April 14, the enemy with a fleet of river craft probed the bank of river Meghna near Lalpur for a landing. To our appreciation the enemy was carrying out a reconnaissance of the landing place.
It was evident that the enemy was not able to make up their mind about the landing. They were yet not clear about or defensive layout and was, therefore, going slow about the landing. Suddenly the enemy came under intense fire from Lalpur. Exchange of fire continued for about an hour and the enemy pulled back downstream to the south. Lt. Col. Reza was at Brahmanbaria for shifting the currency from the banks and for depositing the same of Bangladesh Government at Agartala. Apprehending the threat confronting Lalpur, Lt. Col. Reza ordered the reserve company of Matin at Sharail to move to Lalpur. But for them my orders were different. On such situation they were to get deployed on the intermediary position between Talshahar and Gokanaghat line. This company in advance had recommoitered and prepared these positions. In my absence, however, Matin was given a different task and in order to accomplish that task he moved to the new location during the night along the eastern bank of river Meghna. As a result, he was not in a position to deploy his troops at Lalpur during the night, the reason being the position was neither reconnoitered nor prepared by him.
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