23 Jan 1984 Cassinga

32Bn Charlie Company engaged a group of SWAPO building a bunker 15 km east of Cassinga. In the absence of air support against SWAPO's mortars and recoilless guns, the platoon was forced to break contact and withdraw fairly quickly, one member suffering serious wounds. On the same day, engineers operating with a company ten kilometres south-west of Cuvelai located a minefield and lifted 46 x TM 57 anti-tank mines. Operation Opsaal