Word: quang
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Communist forces yesterday captured Quang Tri, the first provincial capital to fall during their 33-day-old offensive. It was the northernmost town still held by South Vietnamese troops...
...Communist victory opened the way for possible attacks on Hue, the former imperial capital, 32 miles south of Quang Tri. The Communists now control a 27 mile strip south of the demilitarized zone...
Several thousand South Vietnamese troops--and at least 20 Americans--attempted to battle their way south from Quang Tri last night, as efforts to defend the city were formally abandoned...
American advisers in Saigon reported that nearly 250,000 refugees from Quang Tri were trying to get to Hue and eventually Da Nang, which, according to American intelligence sources, faces Viet Cong terrorist attacks...
...Military Region I (the north), NVA troops and artillery were once more moving toward Quang Tri city, raising fears of an attack on that vulnerable provincial capital. Several villages in the Southern provinces of the region were reported burned. South Vietnamese troops opened a road from Hue to besieged fire base Bastogne, which last week withstood a North Vietnamese tear-gas attack...