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the rnarket place, Through house to house fighting' our trooPs were
advancing rather slowly for the sake of civilian lives and properties.
The enerny Pressure ended the next rnorning as the
C ornrnunist forces had withdrawn frorn the city during the night' They
rernained on the cityrs outskirts.
During the night of the 6th day of Tet the enerny
returned to the city and occupied the university cornpound. Air strikes
were called in to dislodge the Reds' The three storey, newly cons-
tructed building was de stroYed.
The battle of Can Tho cost the enerny 100 killed and
40 captured. Governrnent casualties were 44 dead and 70 wounded.
In addition, 1,032 civilian houses were destroyed.
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