Evening star., 1950-09-24
2U. 5. Forces Driving
To Trap Big Red Army
Are 80 Miles Apart
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many of them rode horses, cap
tured from Red field artillery be-
fore Taegu.
One 1st Cavalry unit moved
south 10 miles against light op-
position to Oksan. This put the
unit within II miles from the
north as elements of the oath Di-
vision reached the towns southern
outskirts.
Farther south on the font west
Of the Naktong River, the British
9th Brigade suffered some casual
ties when it was mistakenly
bombed and strafed by American
fighter planes which it had sum-
moned for help in assaulting the
crest of a hill that had blocked
its advance for two days.
I'd Division Advances.
Still farther south on the AL
lied perimeter the United States
I'd Division drove three miles
west of the Naktong River.
Other I'd Division troops gave
up for the second time the di-
visions southernmost beachhead
on the west side of the Naktong.
This beachhead force, just north
of the confluence of the Naktong
and Nam Rivers, had been f1anked
on both sides by Reds.
The task force of the 25th Di-
vision driving toward Sachon was
led by Capt. Charles Tornan of
Keene, N. H. He radioed that
he was moving northwest toward
Sachon without opposition.
Task Force Takes KOSong.
Capt. Torman's task force cap
tured Kosong, former North Kor-
can stronghold on the southern
tip of Korea, in a long advance
last night. It then wheeled north
westward toward Sachon, 18 road
miles away.
Kosong is % miles southwest
Of Masan. The town had been a |
Red center. From it, the North
Koreans dispatched reinforce
ments down the Tongyong Pen
tnsula where South Korean Ma
xines have a beachhead. !
Task Force Torman moved in
to the attack after U. S. 25th
Division infantrymen had broken
the crust of enemy resistance.
Unopposed, it covered seven
miles in five hours.
Heavy Resistance Met
The 25th Division met increas-
ingly heavy resistance at some
points. Correspondent Swinton
reported from the front at 10:30
pm. $3.50 am. EDIT yesterday,
that elements of the 25th had
punched one mile westward along
the Masan- -Chinju highway dur
ing the day and were less than
seven miles from Chinju.
Blown bridges and Communist
minefields had slowed the ad-
vance. A division spokesman
said earlier yesterday that forward
elements of the 25th were within
three miles of Chinju.
There were no late reports
from the South Korean forces
manning the northern rim of the
old beachhead. The Republican
forces were last reported in
Uisong, a highway town IS miles
northeast of Taegu. and nearing
Chongia, 10 miles north of Po-
hang on the east coast.
SEOUL FRONT.
American and South Korean
Marines driving at Seoul from the
northwest were reported still on
the outskirts of the city and still
The equipment will have to be
ing from 700-foot South Mountain
within the city.
The Allied Marines held ridge
tops at the city's edge but appar-
emily had not yet received the
necessary big guns with which to
answer the plunging Red fire.
under heavy Red artillery fire COM
shouldered by steep, rocky hill
sides to the forces on the high
ground.
Another Marine spearhead
pushed beyond Scouts industrial
suburb Of Yongdungpo on the
southwest and reached out for the
ruined rail and highway bridges
across the Han River, which sep
arates Seoul and Yongdungpo.
Yongdungpo Secured.
Yongdungpo was reported Sc
cured Friday after heavy bayonet
and f1amethrower attacks by the
Marines through it's factory-lined
streets.
A Marine intelligence officer
told Associated Press Correspond
ent Relman NORM the Leather
necks battling for Seoul had cap
tured Reds from the North Korean
Ninth Division, which once op-
posed the United States 25th Di-
vision on the southwestern front.
near Haman. .....
The officer said also that the
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