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title: Chiến thắng Ba Lòng, Quảng Trị (Victory at Ba-Long (Quang-Tri))
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-ba-long-quang-tri-1965/
description: A landscape sheet headed 'VICTORY' gives a South Vietnamese account of an attack on the Ba Long outpost on the night of 19 October 1965.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Photographs on the sheet show a trench of dead soldiers, a wounded soldier being treated and laid-out captured weapons, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# Chiến thắng Ba Lòng, Quảng Trị (Victory at Ba-Long (Quang-Tri))

A landscape sheet headed 'VICTORY' gives a South Vietnamese account of an attack on the Ba Long outpost on the night of 19 October 1965, with photographs of a decoration ceremony, a wounded Viet Cong soldier being treated, a trench of bodies, laid-out captured weapons and a 105mm gun firing. The text states 95 enemy dead after nearly five hours and a list of seized weapons. The tell is selective evidence: counts, captured arms and the treatment of a wounded fighter are shown, and no losses of the issuing side appear.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CHIẾN THẮNG
BA LÒNG
QUẢNG TRỊ

Đêm 19/10/65 ba tiểu đoàn Việt Cộng đã tấn công tiền đồn Ba Lòng.

Vị Chỉ Huy Trưởng Tiền Đồn, Đại Úy Nguyễn Hữu Cương được tướng thưởng Anh Dũng Bội Tinh với nhành dương liễu.

Tên Việt Cộng bị thương bỏ lại được ta săn sóc chu đáo.

Sau gần 5 giờ giao chiến ác liệt, giặc bỏ lại trận địa 95 xác chết và hai bị thương. Một số tử thương đã được chúng mang đi.

Ta tịch thu 1 Bazoka, 5 B. 40, 4 trung liên Trung Cộng, 4 k 51, 16 súng trường Nga, 21 súng Mat 49, 1 súng hỏa hiệu, 1 Colt, 1 súng phóng lựu đạn M. 79 và một số lớn đạn dược quan trọng.
Đại bác 105 ly yểm trợ cho cuộc hành quân truy kích sau khi bọn chúng rút lui.

VỚI TINH THẦN ANH DŨNG VÀ VŨ KHÍ TỐI TÂN CỦA QUÂN TA, CHIẾN THUẬT BIỂN NGƯỜI CỦA VIỆT CỘNG CHỈ GẶT LẤY NHỮNG THẢM BẠI CHUA CAY.

SP-832
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
VICTORY
BA LONG
QUANG TRI

On the night of 19/10/65 three Viet Cong battalions attacked the Ba Long outpost.

The outpost commander, Captain Nguyen Huu Cuong, is awarded the Gallantry Cross [Anh Dung Boi Tinh] by the general, with a willow branch.

The wounded Viet Cong, left behind, is carefully tended by us.

After nearly 5 hours of fierce fighting, the enemy left on the battlefield 95 dead and two wounded. A number of the dead had been carried away by them.

We seized 1 bazooka, 5 B.40s, 4 Chinese Communist light machine guns, 4 K-51s, 16 Russian rifles, 21 MAT-49 submachine guns, 1 flare gun, 1 Colt, 1 M.79 grenade launcher and a large quantity of important ammunition.
105mm cannon supported the pursuit operation after they withdrew.

WITH THE HEROIC SPIRIT AND MODERN WEAPONS OF OUR ARMY, THE VIET CONG'S HUMAN-WAVE TACTICS REAP ONLY BITTER DEFEATS.

SP-832
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering. The name of the outpost commander is printed 'Cương' as best legible. 'Mat 49' and 'k 51' are weapon designations as printed.

[← Captured Weapons: Binh Duong and Pleiku Provinces](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/captured-weapons-binh-duong-pleiku-1965/) [Chiến thắng của nghĩa quân đồn Vĩnh-Chánh (Victory of Popular Forces of Vinh-Chanh Outpost) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-cua-nghia-quan-don-vinh-chanh-1965-1969/)

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