Evening star., 1950-08-18
Red Thrusts Against
Taegu Smashed by
South Korean Forces
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yesterday morning. One of them
the South Korean 1St Infantry
pounced on the Reds in a counter
attack Immediately and the United
States 9th Regiment piled into
the battle.
Loses Contact With Reds.
The other South Korean divi-
sion on the same front lost con-
tact with the Reds after helping
to stop them. Allied headquarters
said the Red force may have
turned back north to escape
through steep hills under fire.
Gen. MacArthur's Tokyo head
quarters in its first early-morning
summary in four days, said the
South Korean 1St Division had
regained half to all the ground
it lost north of Taegu Thursday.
(This would be l u to three mileS0
The summary said the enemy in
the Changyong bridgehead south
west of Taegu was being pushed
back steadily by both the 1st
Marine Brigade and the United
States oath Division.
It explained the Marines, over
coming extremely stubborn re-
Sistance, turned the enemy's
southern flank into the path of
the oath Division. The oath in
turn was heavily engaged with
these Reds.
Divisions Fighting Days Over.
Gen. Church said the Marine
infantry attackers in his sector
may have ended the North Korean
4th Divisions fighting days.
Il think everything has gone
very WELL" said the general.
He (the enemy certainly has
taken a hell of licking. That's
certain. don't think that (Red
4th) division will do much fighting
for a while.
What I would like to do is
destroy that division entirely"
The flight of the escaping North
Koreans was reported by Sergt.
Benjamin Schofield of DeS Moines.
He watched their flight from a
high ridge overlooking the river.
He said:
There were hundreds of cooks
~ ~ IL
They're trying to get across the
river any way they can.
They aren't carrying weapons.
They left them behind"
Marine CorsairS Strafed and
bombed the Reds as they tried to
escape to the west bank of the
river. Earlier yesterday the
Marine pilots had reported attack
ing Reds in about battalion
strength trying to cross.
Make Smile Advance.
Advancing Marine infantrymen
flushed many North Koreans from
hiding places in the gullies and
paddy fields.
A spokesman for the United
States oath Infantry Division said
the Americans had moved up 5
miles in 36 hours of fighting and
now commanded all the strate-
gic ground in the Naktong benG
6 miles below Changnyong.
Marines in the southern crest
and doughboys on the northern
now occupy both ends of a Saus-
age-Shaped hill commanding the
bridgehead set up
13 days ago by $4,000 Reds.
The victory southwest of Taegu
was the sharpest in a day of
for Allied forces all along
the line.
In a counter attack led by tanks,
and South Korean
troops lashed out at three Red
divisions that were stopped on
their move toward Taegu from the
north.
ferSnlnS 1ankS OSeu.
Forty -fve-ton Pershing tanks
were used in the counterattack
seearheaded by the United States
9th Regiment and the South
Korean 1st Division.
The South Korean 9Th Division
had lost contact last night with
Reds. It had held before Taegu.
Marines and oath Infantry Di-
vision troops chased terror
stricken and weaponless Reds back
across the Naktong in droves. One
battalion of about 1000 Com
munists broke for the western
bank of the river first. They were
followed by others.
Some Communists voluntarily
crossed over to American lines and
surrendered.
Pohang and Kigye on the Ko-
near east coast were recaptured
by South Koreans.
In the deep south, at the other
end of the line, the United States
25th Infantry Division turned
back a dawn attack by the North
Korean 9th Division driving east
ward from rubbed Chinju.
The Red threat to Taegu came
from troops bombed by SO B-29s
Wednesday in the Waegwan area.
They drove south on Taegu from
25 miles north of Taegu
and recaptured the town of Kum-
wha after a substantial advance.
Ordered Evacuated.
Taegu was ordered evacuated
of it's 100000 to 100000 war
swelled population.
Authorities said the removal of
civilians was dictated not SO much
LOST
BLACK CAT with white spot on throat,