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481 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড engagement in the Sylhet area, northeast of Dacca, and fighting in the Jessore district of East Pakistan. In Dacca, a Pakistani spokesman said Indian artillery continued shelling Darsana, an important border railway town. Earlier, a correspondent in Dacca, in a despatch to the BBC, quoted East Pakistani reports of an Indian attempt to cut the main link between the towns of Comilla and Chittagong by artillery fire. The reports said the attempt failed. RW II 30 (when new) with snap lead rimed 1235 (RTR: AP): d Nizamuddin (timed 0950) on Darsana, RPH: JG I325, dat 8Հ : বাংলা 2.12.71. A. 52 2230 ADD INDIA-PAKISTAN A BBC special correspondent in Dacca says the guerrillas have been steadily stepping up their activities and the army believes that there are at least two thousand of them in Dacca alone. He says that in the latest incident, small arms fire was heard in one area of the capital, and parts of two villages on the outskirts seen in flames. A number of people have been admitted to hospital with bullet wounds, three of them soldiers." According to police reports, a petrol pump was blown up in the middle of the city, and our correspondent says military search operations are expected in a number of areas. Robson / 12. SPS 2205/CA 8vo, বাংলা 3.12.71 A. 47 22(H) HUBS EAST PAKISTAN Both India and Pakistan report continued fighting along the East Pakistan border. East Pakistan's civilian governor, Dr. Abdul Malik, has broadcast a warning that Pakistan is on the threshold of a devastating war. A correspondent in Dacca, in a dispatch to the BBC, says fierce fighting is reported on all the eastern fronts, including Shamshernagar, Dinajpur, Jessore, Rangpur, Khulna and Mymensingh. Our correspondent says the Pakistan army claims that Indian attacks are being repulsed and that the Indians have suffered heavy casualties. All India radio said Indian forces had taken what it called defensive action to silence Pakistani artillery which had been shelling Agartala, the capital of Tripura state, since Wednesday. The radio says East Pakistan guerrillas have captured towns and airfields at Thakurgaon and Shamshernagar, south-east of Sylhet. But a military spokesman in Rawalpindi said despite what he called minor tactical gains by the Indians; the airstrip at Thakurgaon was still held by Pakistani forces. R W 2000 (Shamsher ami Pak denials on Thakur new 1900) SPS Malik 1200; place names more Nizamuddin 33 2145/off