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Similar abductions were repeated over the following years and the security forces found themselves increasingly unable to prevent them. The captured schoolchildren would be marched to ZANLA bases in
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guerrilla training. The school was closed in the late 1970s by the
Rhodesian government at the height of the Rhodesian Bush War, as they had claimed it had become a haven for the recruitment of communists fighting against their
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border. It is above this escarpment which is also popularly known as the
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before the cadres crossed the border, and all but eight of the children and staff were recovered.
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valley in east of the country close to the border with
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mission high school that also provided boarding for students. It was situated in the
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536:(ZANLA) cadres captured 292 pupils and staff from the school and
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In July 1973, an attack was carried out on St
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632:Modern African Wars: Rhodesia, 1965–80
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508:in northern Zimbabwe near the
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665:Attacks on schools in Africa
19:Attack on St Alberts School
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670:July 1973 events in Africa
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460:mission high school in
440:Cashel Helicopter Crash
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540:them north towards
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462:Mashonaland Central
478:Rhodesian Bush War
294:Woolworths bombing
131:Rhodesian Bush War
26:Rhodesian Bush War
685:Conflicts in 1973
645:978-0-85045-728-5
636:Osprey Publishing
588:978-0-7099-3412-7
558:herrenvolk regime
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142:First Phase
659:Categories
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564:References
542:Mozambique
528:The attack
510:Mozambique
502:escarpment
484:Background
347:Flight 827
321:Flight 825
89:Casualties
35:Kidnapping
522:Centenary
500:, on the
341:Salisbury
262:Long John
59:July 1973
498:Rhodesia
496:area of
490:Catholic
466:Rhodesia
458:Catholic
276:Ignition
250:Overload
187:Flotilla
180:Cauldron
24:Part of
624:Sources
470:Zambezi
402:Miracle
374:Mineral
367:Chamber
334:Gatling
282:Hill 31
194:Griffin
81:Outcome
43:unknown
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414:Quartz
381:Placid
353:Vanity
327:Snoopy
201:Excess
173:Nickel
159:Pagoda
153:Sinoia
48:Target
514:Dande
474:ZANLA
388:Motel
360:Beira
305:Dingo
288:Aztec
269:Eland
220:Panga
208:Birch
166:Yodel
75:ZANLA
640:ISBN
583:ISBN
520:and
395:Uric
56:Date
32:Type
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