Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-14

attack by Korean Republicans on
the cavalry's right flank.
Winning the hills gave the 1st
Cavalry the commanding high
ground on the northern ap-
proaches to Taegu, division
spokesman said.
A division intelligence officer
said, however, the North Korean
Communists have not given up
their plan to take Taegu, I'M
portant base anchor in the north
west corner of the allied defense
lines.
$4,000 Face LIST Cavalry.
The Reds have four divisions
with an estimated $4,000 troops
deployed northwest and north of
Waegwan against the 1st Cavalry.
A regiment of the Reds 105th
Armored Division is reported
about 10 miles south of Waegwan.
American artillery killed an es-
timated so North Koreans de-
tected on a ridge near Tabu, IL
miles north of Taegu.
Gems MacArthur's spokesman
said back-and-forth action on the
Taegu corner of the front was the
only real pressure being main
tanned by the North Koreans.
He added that the Reds were
holding close to Taegu "but they
can't go farther and there's no
cause for excitement. On the
other fronts he said, they show
no willingness to mix"
NORTHEASTERN FRONT.
On the northern battlefront the
Korean Republican Capital Divi-
sion pushed on against Reds dug
in north and northwest of
Kyongju. M @%
Kyongju is Is miles southwest
OF the 1re-blackened east coast
port of Pohang, which fell for
the second time II days ago in
a Red offensive. The objective
of the South Korean drive is
Angang. 10 miles north of Ky
.ongju.
Gen. MacArthur's spokesman
said that west of the Kyongju
sector the Reds were withdrawing
so fast northeast of Yongchon the
South Korean 9th Division had
difficulty keeping patrol contact
with them.
Wade Rain-FlOOded River.
Troops of the South Korean
Capital Division waded a rain
flooded creek to carry out an
attack north of Kyongju. With
them went Associated Press Cor
respondent BEN Price. They were
under artillery and mortar fire.
In wading the flooded river the
South Koreans crossed with their
rifles held high above them and
then, dripping wet, attacked the
Red Koreans dug in on high
ground, Correspondent Price re-
ported.
The chief objective of the at
tack was to close a gap of about
5 miles in the line over fantasia
Ically rugged country to the
northwest of Kyongju between
Yongchon and Angang.
Meanwhile, the South Korean
LIST Corps turned I'D with SO
prisoners from the Reds 5th Divi-
sion. The captives complained
bitterly about the accuracy of
American artillery fire.
Through an interpreter, Second
1t. Alexander Vororyoff of San
Francisco, North Korean Lieute-
nant said he would count his regi-
ment lucky if there were $50 to
300 survivors out of an original
1000.
CENTRAL FRONT.
On the LIST Cavalry's left flank,
along the Naktong river, the Brit
ish 9th Brigade called for artil-
lery fire against Red pockets be-
hind its lines.
British patrols, working with
South Korean police, cleaned out
several North Korean groups of
from 80 to so in the hills about
10 miles southwest Of Taegu. A
British spokesman said IL pris-
oners were taken.
Farther south, North Koreans
were reported continuing moves
east across the Naktong in the
Yongsan-C hangnyong front held
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