for the Kameng Frontier Division, Thapar and Palit believed that with two brigades holding Se-la, there was a good chance of keeping the Chinese at bay even if the odd Chinese column outflanked the Se-la defences and got to the Bomdila road. Even at this late stage, neither the army chief nor the DMO were aware that the GOC, Major General Anant Pathania, had established his HQ at Dirang Dzong and had deployed only one brigade at Se-la. They were also not aware of the large-scale ingress of Chinese troops across Poshing-la and other routes. As a result, the two officers were not particularly
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