sentences:  A further attack from the coast by the Marines in November made limited gains.By the end of 1972 the Marines and ARVN occupied positions 5 km south of the river.As the ongoing peace negotiations would soon lead to a ceasefire, the South Vietnamese Joint General Staff (JGS) sought the most advantageous battlefield positions possible and so ordered a further effort to regain the south bank of the Cam Lộ/Cửa Việt River.