Evening star., 1950-08-08
Upward Of 5000
Reds Are Reported
Across Nuktonq
BY the Associated Press

North Korean troops poured across
the Allied Naktong River defense
barrier in Korea and bulged out
two miles eastward on a 1000
yard front yesterday.
Gen. Macarthur war summary,
released at 1880 pm. yesterday
(9:30 am, EDIT said the pos
sible threat from the small bridge
heads" across the river has
neither increased nor decreased" j"
Upwards of 5000 Reds were re-
ported over in two river crossings.
United States 9th Army head
quarters in Korea said the two
Communist bridgeheads were of
primary concern at present"
The two-day old American Ma
rine and infantry offensive in the
extreme south made small and
bloody gains in day-long attacks.
Earlier it was begged by Commu-
mist flanking that pocketed one
arm unit for while. United
States Marines broke that up and
freed army men from the trap.
Drive Gains 10 Miles.
The offensive had gained 10
miles and was 10 or IL miles east
of Chinju, Red-held rubbed city
in the south.
The Red bridgeheads posed
threats to Allied forces at two
places.
One was five miles north of
Waegwan, Is miles northwest of
Taegu. the provisional South Ko-
rean capital. The other was six
miles south of Changnyong, which
is southwest of Taegu.
At least three Red regiments
1900 men with probably more
slipping across behind them in
darkneSs-were over the river in
the two spots. Front line reports
said one of eight tanks sighted
had been ferried across the river
by the Communists.
Reds Reported Near Pohang.
South Korean army reports said
a Red Korean force of possibly
1000 troops or guerrillas had
slipped within five miles of Po-
hang.
Pohang, east coast port where
the United States 1st Cavalry Di-
vision landed, is about 10 miles
north of Pusan. 1t is Is miles
south of Yongdok on the Sea of
Japan.
The report, if true, puts the
Communists far behind Allied
lines.
Other reports said a large Red
Korean force was slipping through
the mountains between Yongdok
and South Korean divisions in
land.
Allied patrols were sent out to
check on the reported infiltration.
Three Major Battles Fought.
The front had exploded into
three major battles.
The big one was northwest of
Taegu.
Another famed in the extreme
south.
The third was at a Red bridge
head across the Naktong near
Changnyong where fresh Ameri-
can troops had been ordered to
destroy the Reds by last night.
The Communists had advanced
two miles or more in some sectors
across the river in the Yanggi
sector. Seven Red tanks, waiting
to move over the river, were under
top-priority American air attack.
One of Gen. MacArthur'S intel
ligence officers estimated North
Korean losses in six weeks were
44,500 men-an average of more
than 1000 day in the six-weeks-
old war.
In Washington, an Army
briefing officer said that Ameri-
can and South Korean forces
had not captured any Russians
in Korea.
He said that the United Ma
tions forces had not captured
any senior North Korean Off
GERS either, but that few lieu
tenants" had been taken.
He quoted a North Korean
prisoner as having said that his
unit had suffered 400 casualties
from air attacks and that Red
tank crews lived in fear of plane
and rocket attacks.
When the fresh Army troops
were thrown at the remnants of
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