Word: beu
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Night Into Day. Commanding General Nga Beu, a man of action, galloped away from the enemy to warn Lhasa of the danger, leaving his men behind. Within a few hours most of his troops, their weapons scattered, were pounding down the road after him. None of them had fired a shot. Neither had the Chinese...
...courier overtook General Nga Beu with the news that the Chinese army outside the town seemed to have vanished. Rallying his men, the general marched back to Chamdo. Meanwhile, Chinese soldiers with real guns had infiltrated the town. They captured the general...
...Chinese equivalent of their pay and perquisites. The men were given $6 apiece and a persuasive offer to join the people's army. Most did. The Chinese Reds then entertained the new recruits with a generous demonstration of machine guns, bazookas and other non-Tibetan fireworks. General Nga Beu messaged Lhasa: "It is impossible to defeat the Communists...