6th September 1965 - A neutral perspective

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Re: 6th September 1965 - A neutral perspective

@ehsan

As for the war india crossed the International border at wagah in the early hours of 6 September with a view to capture Lahore and relieve the pressure from Kashmir sector. They had realized that a full fledged war would stretch Pakistan army and force it to defensive positions. They succeeded in that but were unable to capture Lahore. In the end it was a drawn war.

Not sure about the situation regarding Lahore. But I remember reading that the Indian 3rd Jat regiment, had crossed the Ichogil canal and capturedthe town of Batapore/Jallo Mur on the west side of the canal but the higher commanders had no information of 3 Jat’s capture of Batapore and misleading information led to the command to withdraw from Batapore and Dograi to Ghosal-Dial due to counter offensive by the Pak army with the help of its airforce. Dograi was eventually recaptured by 3 Jat on 21 September, for the second time but after a much harder battle due to Pakistani reinforcements.

India atleast reached till there for sure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brig.Hari_Singh_at_Barkee_Capture.jpg
Not sure how close to the International Border this place is.