Word: cangala
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...M.P.L.A. rocket assault. After the fall of Uige, the M.P.L.A. captured the nearby airfield of Ngage, which had been the F.N.L.A.'s major supply point for arms from neighboring Zaïre. The M.P.L.A. claimed to have seized a string of towns in northern Angola, including Caracassala, Cangala, Samba and Vista Alegre. M.P.L.A. forces were also reported closing in on the seacoast city of Ambriz, the only port held by the F.N.L.A. If that city falls, some foreign intelligence sources predict, the F.N.L.A. may collapse entirely...
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