... the main reason of our defeat was Sikhs soldiers facing us. We were helpless to do anything in front of them. Sikhs are very brave ... They fight so fiercely that they are capable of defeating an army many times bigger than theirs.
....On the 3rd of December 1971, deploying one of our elite infantry brigades, we attacked the Indian army near Hussainiwala border, with ferocity and vigour.
As a result within minutes we had taken control of Indian defence posts. Proceeding rapidly the Pakistani army not only pushed the Indians far back but forced the Indian army into a headlong retreat.
Our army reached near the Kausre-Hind post. There a small contingent of soldiers from the the Sikh Regiment, stopped our progress like an iron wall.
Though greatly outnumbered, the Sikhs roared 'Bole-so-Nihal' and proceeded to attack us like blood thirsty, hungry lions and hawks.
The conflict was very brutal and we had to fight very hard to gain every inch, eventually it turned into a hand-to-hand battle. The sky was filled with roars of 'Yaa Ali' and 'Sat-Siri-Akal'. The Sikhs fought so courageously that all our desires and aspirations melted away and our dreams shattered."
..... After losing many Pakistani soldiers we managed to occupy the three-storey concrete defence post. Yet the Sikhs did not give up. Rather the Sikhs went onto the upper floors and roof and kept on opposing us.