However, as soon as the PT-76 tanks of the 198th Tank Battalion turned up at Bane Houei Sane, the Laotian soldiers and their families panicked and retreated into South Vietnam.
Nicméně, jakmile se tanky PT-76 198. tankového praporu objevily na Bane Houei Sane, laoští vojáci a jejich rodiny zpanikařili a ustoupili do jižního Vietnamu.