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South Vietnamese headquarters said that North Vietnamese gunners had shelled three South Vietnamese bases inside Laos on Wednesday night. They also said that the North Vietnamese had attacked an artillery base and two ranger positions in the lower panhandle of Laos...

Author: By From WIRE Dispatches, | Title: Indochina Casualties Reach Peak; U.S. Toll Highest in Five Months | 2/25/1971 | See Source »

South Vietnamese army headquarters acknowledged severe losses to a ranger battalion overrun by North Vietnamese troops on a hilltop six miles inside Laos Sunday. A communique said of the 450 men in the battalion, 100 were killed, 145 wounded and 78 missing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U. S. Bombers Hit North Vietnam; Showdown Looming in Cambodia From Wire Dispatches | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

Ready is the word. Before the season began, Béranger allowed that his hope was "to have a Frenchman and a French girl win the World Cup." As of last week, with four French skiers in the top five places in both the women's and men's divisions, his hope seemed a certainty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jamais Vu! | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

South Vietnam suffered its worst defeat of the drive Sunday as an elite ranger battalion was forced to retreat by heavy North Vietnamese attacks. The battalion had almost 300 of its 450 men killed or wounded. Over 60 of the wounded were left behind in the retreat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Offensive Stalled in Laos; U. S. Steps Up Air Attack From Wire Dispatches | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

...entire 16,000-man South Vietnamese push into southern Laos was stalled for the fourth straight day by the North Vietnamese attacks on ranger bases six miles inside Laos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Offensive Stalled in Laos; U. S. Steps Up Air Attack From Wire Dispatches | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

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