Evening star., 1950-10-30
Two Red Divisions
Advancing on City
Now Held by Allies
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sion. This is about As miles cc.,t,1
of the border.
More than 10000 Communists.
reported to include some Chinese,
chewed the division by one-third
in three days of fighting and
forced it to flee in disorder.
But the Chinese regiment re-
ported by the 10th Corps spokes-
man was pin-pointed in action in
Northeast Korea, south of the
Chosin reservoir. The plant sup
plies vital electric power to Man
churia.
The ROK Sd Division was
stalled in its push toward the
reservoir from Hamhung.
In addition to these reinforce
ments, North Korean women were
reported going to the front. The
Reds evidently were trying to
hold at all costs until wintry blasts
overtake the Allied forces.
On the left flank of the re-
treating ROK 9Th Division, the
5th Regimental Combat Team of
the United States Oath Division
battled to within "a miles of the
Manchurian border.
Associated Press Correspondent
William Jorden reported the
Americans suffered heavy casu-
alt.es from mortar and small arms
fire. BY nightfall. the regiment
was digging in two miles east of
Kusong after a five-mile advance.
The Americans killed some 400
reds and took lis prisoners. in
cluding two Chinese.
More gruesome evidence of Red
atrocities was uncovered-80 bodies
of North Korean civilians at
Pakchon, IS miles north of Pyong-
yang, the former Red capital.
Chinese Reds Found at Inchon.
A 10th Corps spokesman dis
closed for the first time yesterday
that some Chinese troops had
been captured at the time of the
1nchon landing September IS.
The spokesman said apparent
ly they are the scum of the Chi
nese Communist army sent down
as individual requirements for the
North Koreans. 1t does not mean
large-scale Chinese Intervention"
He said Chinese air strikes
doubtless would precede any
large scale use of Chinese army
units.
eve will know it right away
and not from a couple of prison.
ers-if they do come into this
war" the spokesman added.
Intelligence officers in Tokyo,
however, continued to insist there
was no evidence of open inter-
vention by Red China in the
Korean war.
Reds Using Heavy Weapons.
Indicative of the increasing fury
OF Red resistance was their use
Of their heaviest weapons. tanks
and self-propelled guns.
Allied fighters and bombers
supporting the American column
and the British Commonwealth
27th Brigade on the West Coast
destroyed Is tanks and z guns.
Despite the ferocity of the Com
munist opposition. Gen. MacAr-
thurs Tokyo headquarters noted
that none of the enemy counter
attacks was sustained"
A spokesman said the Reds are
"in a desperate situation" He
said the Red attacks in the On
jong sector were stopped except
for "a few minor gains" The
ROK's are regrouping in that area,
he added.
Withdrawal Disorganized.
A United States 9Th Army
spokesman reported the ROK
divisions withdrawal was dis ,
A regiment of the ROK 9Th :
Division reached the Manchurian
frontier Thursday above Chosan
Menaced by the Reds in the rear,
1t was forced to withdraw to Il
Songpa, more than 80 miles south j.
Of the Yalu River boundary.
To the south, at Onjong, the !,
divisions I'd Regiment was sur
rounded Thursday, the bulk of it
wiped out. Two other regiments, !
the 10th and 10th, were hard hit
in trying to rescue the survivors
of the I'd Regiment. !.
South Korean commanders said
Chinese Communist officers led
the Red force.