Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 5, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August a5 canadians chased from posts peacekeeping Mission has broken Down entirely Canadian press Croatia canadians Are ducking artillery shells and being chased from observation posts by croats who launched an fallout strike yester Day to regain land taken by rebel croat forces escorted a total of 43 Canadian soldiers from four observation posts and took them to about 30 Kilometres from their base at Camp the canadians kept their weapons and were in communication with their officers were negotiating for their release and they Hope to return to base in the croatian embassy denied the canadians Are being the peacekeepers Are free to move or leave when Ever they the Mission said in a they Are absolutely not restricted in their movements nor Are they the statement quoted a croatian government source As Nineteen canadians were forced to leave three observation posts Early yesterday and were escorted to Zadar where they were being restricted to a the croatian embassy statement the canadians croats launch assault found their own accommodation in the another 24 canadians were evicted from an observation Post later in the Day and were on their Way to Zadar late in the said Canadian military spokesman Steve the canadians Are still Manning 10 observation posts near he canadians Are still not being targeted directly but Many observation posts Are located near serbian positions so there is some artillery falling close Kehoe adding no canadians have been earlier in the defence department said 21 canadians were forced from the posts in the first but Kehoe said the Correct figure was they and a Liaison officer Are in the hotel in Zadar with 24 More canadians from the latest ousting on their he said the canadians will try to return to Rastovic it would be too dangerous to make the trip across contested territory at theres no longer a peace to keep in former but the 760 canadians in Croatia Are still try ing to do their Job for the United a photo Canadian peacekeepers pull into base in knit As smoke from shelling rises behind there still helping civil ians to survive and observing the hostilities As Best they Canada called on the croatian army to halt its saying it could end the in Mission in for Mer we urge the croatian govern ment to Stop its offensive immediately and resume said prime minister Chretien in a croatian artillery bombardments were Felt at the Canadian in base at 80 Kilometres from and canadians took shelter in sandbagged All the Canadian Force members some resistance when they were forced from their but did not we Are presently in Good communication with these men and we have Good communication with All serbian president urges action in the Region Are reported the observation posts on the said Michael Jones in said the Andre commanding Jeff a Canad officer of the 2nd battalion of an military spokesman in Royal 22nd based in said the canadians were said the canadians offered approached by armed soldiers and croatian police who forced them weapons were aimed at our per our vehicles and our bunkers in some cases and it became Clear that no was not going to be accepted As an he the peacekeeping Mission has broken Down can Bat the Canadian Camp went on red Alert the High est state of Alert at 4 local time and canadians took cover in bunkers on multiple said i would like to reassure All the families in Canada that All the sol Diers Are All Baril we have no wounded and All our peo ple Are in Security and no damage has been done to the observation posts or the in officials accused the croats of deliberately attacking peace keepers in their fierce we have been threatened by the Canadian Alain a senior in military offi Cial in told they have fired artillery rounds and mortars at certain in and they have used aircraft against our observation a danish Claus was killed when a Shell fired by croats hit his Obser vation Post after the peacekeepers Manning the Post turned Down a croat demand to abandon Bernard head of in troops in said Gamborg was killed deliberate Canadian press major developments in former Yugoslavia yester Day Croatia launches a major assault on breakaway shelling in peacekeepers and Canadian peacekeepers in Croatia Duck artillery shells and Are chased from observation posts by Canada Calls on the croatian army to halt its saying it could end the in Mission in former serbian president Slobodan Milo Sevic condemns croatian offensive and urges action by the International com danish peacekeeper killed and two polish troops wounded by croatian tank fire on in nato warplanes flying in support of peacekeepers fire two harm mis Siles at croatian serb radar site after the planes threatened with surface to air in Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali criticizes Croatia Offen Sive and condemns attacks on in Germany one of Croatia staunchest Western supporters warns it to the United states chides Croatia for resorting 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