The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-09
BATTLE FOR wONsAN

DAI LIZ FOn HOlNOA-N
Continued From rage One)
the large-scale Communist bar
rage is against the main drive
along the coastal road.
Beating \
HastY Retreat
To the west. there is stronger
evidence that the North Koreans
are beating a hasty retreat. It's in
the area where the Capital Divi-
sion is fighting into Red terri
tory.
That South Korean Division
has captured seven enemy tanks
loaded on flatears, seven Red
artillery pieces and. in the words
Of a South Korean army officer.
enough small arms ammunition to
supply a regiment.
All were left behind by the
Communists. who evidently had
fled in haste.
New Uliimafum
The Reds opened their fight
outside Wonsan in the face of a
new ultimatum from General
Macarthur.
Like the original ultimatum.
delivered on the first of October,
this one told the Communists to
surrender or face the conSe-
quenees.
And, just as they did the first
time. the Reds have ignored the
GO-or-die order from the Ameri-
can commander.
Loaded With Weight
OF UN Divisions
The Macarthur ultimatum was
loaded with the weight of dozen
United Nations divisions. over or
close 10 the 38th parallel
There are elements of five dil
visions over the border now, and |
that includes a sizeabIe force of |
Americans. men of the First Cav
airy.
A front dispatch today from
Associated Press Correspondent
William Waugh gives details Of
the advance into North Korea by
the American First Cavalry.
Waugh says that within 80
minutes after the Americans
pushed beyond the 18th parallel.
they ran into stiff enemy resis-
lance.
About one mile over the Red
line. they were forced to dig in
under Red fire from command
ing positions on three sides of the
road leading to the Red capital
Of Pyongyang.
The American spearhead lost
one tank which was blown up by
a land-mine. The enemy fire
caused some casualties.
The Reds appeared to be well
entrenched- However, the force
holding up the American advance
Is not believed to be large.
Six North Korean soldiers sur
rendered to the Americans. But
an intelligence officer said they
were troops eonscripted by the
Reds in the past few days.
The prisoners are quoted as
saying that the North Korean Of
ficers will not let their men sur
render or retreat.
They said that soldiers who
want to quit are shot.
Clear Roads
Back below the border at Kae-
song, where the Americans kick
ed eff on their parallel-crossing.
the roads have been cleared for
the job of supplying the men of
the First Cavalry.
Barbara Brines of the Asso-
fiated Press was among a groupl
Of correspondents who Travelled
along one Of the roads to Kae-
song
Inc correspondents were stop
ped when two tanks opened fire
across the road. A few minutes
later white figures appeared on
q hillside not far away. One OBJ
server said-"Just lot of Ko-
rean Reds who have decided to
become civilians"
As the correspondents got
nearer to Kaesong, little Korean
children showed up alongside the
road. The men tossed them chew
ing gum and chocolate.
Inside Kaesong. an old man
game up waving papers in his /
hand. The papers were yellow
with age and fragile from much
handling It was the honorableI
discharge the Korean had re-
eeiued back in 1919. after serving
in tbs Hawaiian Infantry ]