The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-09-27
M0pUp IN
SEOUL IS
UNDERWAY
Effective Escape Routes
Are Closed : Fate Of
Reds Now Sealed
(By the Associated Press

The mopup fight for burning
Seoul. South Korea's capital. ap-
peared nearing its end today. and
Gen. MacArthur's headqr arters an
nounced the fate of NoRsh Korean
forces trapped in the south "is
sealed"
US. Marines captured the capitol
building and the Russian and French
Consulates near the heart of the
city and raised the American flag
over them.
The flag flew briefly over the
shell damaged Soviet Consulate and
then was lowered by . US. Marine
Company because 1t was their only
big flag and they wanted it for the
us. Ambassadors residence.
Seoul shuddered and rocked under
the impact of heavy fighting but
only relatively small section was
still in Red hands. us
United Nations forces seized the
us. Ambassadors residence. The
Reds were making q fight to the
death stand in sections of the busi-
ness district. using steel and con-
crete buildings in their defense,
Reds Die Hard
Already much ri thu capital n dn
ruins. Further destruction seemed
inevitable because Of the fanattcal
resistance of the die-hard Com
munist fighters.
Other United Nations units solidi-
fled an Allied line now running ais
miles diagonally across the penin-
sula from Pusan In the extreme
southeast Of Seoul, and frightened
their wise on thousands Of trapped
Communists.
Linking Up Areas
The linkup between the Inchon-
Seoul beachhead on the west coast
and the forces from the southeast
was made in the walled town Of
Changji. rs miles south Of Seoul It
is near the spot where the first Us.
soldier was killed in this war July
rs.
US. First Cavalry Division tanks
raced up from Taegu to make con-
tact with units of the Seventh d.
visions 3lst Regiment. who had
pushed out from 6uwon.
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Communist troops melted away
before the advancing American
armor.
General Macarthur said: while
hopping up fighting is still in pro-
gress. all effective escape routes are
closed and the fate OF the North
Korean forces caught in this pocket
is sealed"
While the First Cavalry and sev-
enth Division cut the Communist
line In one direction, other U.N. d.
visions breaking out from the old
perimeter carved many miles into
Communicated territory to the
north and west.
Along the northern wall Of the old
Pusan beachhead, South Korean
forces drove as much as IS miles
north against virtually no Red re-
sistance.
On Southern Ffent
On the southern front US. 25th
Division task force pushed out from
captured Chinju in a two-pronged
drive One column raced southwest
ward toward Hadong: another stab
bed north west toward Hamyang.
Their objective was to deal another
pocket of Red Koreans in the south
west corner Of the peninsula.
In the center, the US. gath Dr.
vision sped northwestward toward
Taejon. where In midsummer the
Allies met one Of their worst defeats
in the war
No Fight Resistance
MacArthur's headquarters said the
North Koreans generally were show
ing little will to fight once they
realized the Allied tide had set In.
Aerial observers said there were no
signs the Reds were attempting to
regroup their forces for q stand any
where south Of the 38th parallel de
viding South and North Korea.
In New York. strong movement
led by Britain was underway In the
U.N. General Assembly to frame Q
peace and relief plan for Korea. The
plan calls for North and South Ko-
rea to be joined in free and indie
pendent state with a government
elected under U.N. supervision.