Most of the villages and towns along the Mekong have been evacuate ed. Nakorn Phanom, the first Thai city bombed by French planes, wa the first evacuated and no civilians are permitted into the city except by permission of the military. The same is true of Mukdahan farther uth, where French artillery ha. Cone extensive damage to govern ent buildings. In Nongk: the h, e left up to the discretion of the civilians. Most of evacuated voluntarily, after u bombing.
On the othe the governor of Ubol, which is about 30 miles from the frontier, ordered shopkeepers who evacuated from the town after a series of French bombings to return or forfeit their right to carry on their businesses within the city in the future. All of them returned Military posts along the Mekong frontier are fed from concentrations in two cities—Udorn in the north and Ubol in the south. Both of these towns are railheads. Their i portant position in the milita up of Thailand apparently has been recognized by the French. Both cities have been bombed several times, {United Press.
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