Original sentence: Four soldiers—two French and two Laotian—reached another French position  away after six days of travel through the jungle, however no one else was recovered.Muong Khoua was among the last French outposts in northern Laos, following the decision of the French High Command to string several isolated garrisons through the region to buy time to fortify the major Laotian cities against Viet Minh invasion
Edited sentence: Four soldiers—two French and two Laotian—reached another French position  away after six days of travel through the jungle, however no one else escaped.Muong Khoua was among the last French outposts in northern Laos, following the decision of the French High Command to string several isolated garrisons through the region to buy time to fortify the major Laotian cities against Viet Minh attack