Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

respondent Tom Lambert after his
force tried TO rescue the lost
platoon.
Il couldn't begin to estimate
how many we killed"
Break Mountain Barrier.
Mr.. Lambert, with the Sd Divi-
sion, reported the Chinese broke
through the outlying mountain
barrier onto the plains.
One cutoff Sd Division platoon
directed artillery fire into the Red
ranks. communications with the
40 Doughboys BACKED out shortly
after tanks failed to reach them.
The platoon men were presumed
lost, although Maj. Samuel G..
Kali of Dallas said they still were
battling when last heard. from at
noon today. :
Mr.. Lambert said the Red "ad-
vance onto the beachhead's fiat
plain posed a serious threat to
Allied forces backed against the
sea-" A security blackout shrouded
Allied activities elsewhere within
the beachhead.
The United States 1st Marine
and Sd and 7th Infantry Divisions
and elements of two South Korean
divisions, a few British Com
mandos and Puerto Ricans re-
treated into the beachhead last
week end.
Today's major attack came after
two lighter, probing thrusts were
beaten off yesterday.
Reinforcing Chinese still were
swarming down the valleys. Amer
lean artillery and planes pounded
at the Red forces.
Jet Assault Continues.
The new jet-powered aerial
warfare continued over Northwest
Korea near Manchuria with in
decisive results. Fifty-seven sor-
ties in Russian made Red Jets
have been counted over that area
in the last 10 days.
Gen. Macarthur in his daily Of
fetal war summary took the I'M
usual course of quoting the Red
China radio at Peiping for the
purpose of "demolishing once more
the fiction" that the Chinese fight
ing in Korea are volunteers, as
contended by Communist propa-
gandists.
The quoted broadcast carried
what would normally be construed
as a high command order of the
day to troops in the field.
1t was congratulatory message
from Gen. Lin Piao on behalf of
commanding officers of major
units of the Chinese 4th Field
Army and corresponding military
districts, Gen. Macarthur said. He
quoted Lin as saying:
"A great epochal change has
been brought forth in the Korean
theater. I fervently hope that YOU
will exert to the utmost to ami
hilate the invading troops of the
imperialists.
"This," Gen. Macarthur said. ISIS
the normal language of an army
commander addressing his troops. ;
i Gen. MacArthur's summary also
said "the bottomless well of Chi.
nese Communist manpower ir
Manchuria continues to flow into
Korea"
Reds Using Artillery.
In Northwestern Korea, where
the hard-hit 9th Army awaits its
next blow, spokesman reported
artillery is being used by Korean
Reds. Attacks Whereabouts had
been small guerrilla tactics.
| The Red field pieces doomed in
the fighting with South Korean
units along the 38th Parallel, 1C
miles north of Chunchon. Chun-
chon is As air miles northeast OF
Seoul, Korean Republic capital.
Associated Press Correspondent
William j. Waugh said the artil-
; lery-supported Red attacks were
checked.
Elsewhere, the northwest front
was comparatively quiet.
i 1t. Gen. Walton II. Walker, 9th
Army commander, was keeping
silent about the enemy's move
ments. However, field dispatches
continued to report a massing OF
Chinese in the center of the pen
inSula above Parallel SO.