The World : Viet Troops Overrun Base

Vietnamese forces heavily shelled a Cambodian guerrilla headquarters at Ampil, then broke through its defenses in a tank-led push to the center of the camp, witnesses and Thai officials said. About three-quarters of the camp near the Thai-Cambodian border was reported in Vietnamese hands after daylong fighting in which at least 20 guerrillas were killed. Most of the guerrillas reportedly retreated into Thailand. The assault on the base of the Khmer People’s National Liberation Front came on the sixth anniversary of the Vietnamese capture of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.