In April most of the river banks in Bangladesh stand out above the receding water level. At places the banks are steep and non-negotiable by transport without the help of a barge. At Ashuganj side of Meghna, although large scale landing facility did not exist, infantry movement was not at all difficult. Ashuganj is a railway station on the home side of the bridge. It is on a slightly raised ground. I decided to hold it physically with a company of regulars under Captain Nasim. About 3 miles to the north of Ashuganj, Ajabpur is a river ghat which serves Sharail and Brahmanbaria. An irregular company was deployed there under a junior commissioned officer. About 2 miles to the south of Ashuganj Lieutenant Morshed had a mixed regular and irregular company deployed thinly at Lalpur. Lalpur and Brahmanbaria were linked with an unmetalled road. Morshed’s task was to deny enemy landing within his area of responsibility and deny the use of unmetalled road by the enemy leading towards Brahmanbaria. Captain Matiur Rahman after fighting his way down from Narshingdi was deployed at Bhairab Bazar. He had an EPR company
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