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#THREAD: Battle in #Ladakh’s Galwan Valley Began With #China’s Refusal to Remove a Tent from Key Point 14 inside the #Indian side of the LAC https://www.news18.com/news/india/battle-in-ladakhs-galwan-valley-began-with-chinas-refusal-to-remove-tent-from-key-point-14-2673061.html
The clash on the Galwan River which claimed the lives of 16 Bihar regiment commanding officer Colonel Santosh Babu & 2 other soldiers, broke out after troops moved to remove a PLA tent set up near a position called Patrolling Point 14, inside the Indian side of the LAC.
Large numbers of casualties in both armies in the fighting.
“From what we know so far,” a military officer said, “it doesn’t appear that there was any great planning behind China’s actions. The most likely explanation is that they just didn’t expect us to stand our ground.”
“From what we know so far,” a military officer said, “it doesn’t appear that there was any great planning behind China’s actions. The most likely explanation is that they just didn’t expect us to stand our ground.”
PLA soldiers had pitched tents at Point 14 earlier this month in a gesture of protest against India’s completion of a bridge across the Shyok, along a road connecting the strategic airfield Daulat Beg Oldie, the last military post south of the Karakoram Pass.
The PLA had also established camps at Point 15, and the Indian Army had responded by pitched tent dozens of metres from their location. Both sides had agreed to reduce their presence following the talks earlier this month.
Point 17, the site of the third standoff in the Galwan valley, had seen both armies bring in troops and armoured personnel carriers in support of their presence. The agreement called for the Indian Army and PLA to pull back both their vehicles and troops.
