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Lost" Battalion Safe and
Ready 10 Go-Seven Men
Bound, Shot in Face

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TOKYO. Tuesday. July 11-tR--
Northern Communist troops battled
to within 20 air miles of Taeion.
South Korea's temporary capital.
early today after lost" US. bat
talon had fought its way out of a
trap and the first American vic
Tins of Red atrocities we're found.
Bound and shot In the face, the
bodies Of seven American soldiers
were found in see-saw battle area
yesterday. They were not members
of the lost" battalion, which has
rejoined its regiment and is ready
for action
They were found by 1t. D. G.
Gates of Texas, who identified four
of them as his ammunition carriers.
They were seen trapped and sur
rendering to two Red tanks a short
time earlier
General Macarthur in his 1902
am. Y:02 am. EST Monday COM
munique told of the new North Ko-
rean advances. He said the stride
was made by the North Korean
First Division. which had hemmed
in the unidentified "lost" battalion
for two days before it slugged it's
way free.
More Contacts
MacArthur's communique said
another force, probably the Third
North Korean Division, was in con-
tact with United States forces at
Chochixnfl. miles southeast Of
Chonan.
At Chinchon, the Second North
Korean Division engaged elements
of South Korean corps on front
just south Of the city. the COM
munique reported.
Macarthur said enemy pressure
gained some ground in the Umsong-
Chungju area, some 10 miles north
east Of Chonan. Units of the 18th
North Korean Division there forced
back Southern Republican troops to
high ground northwest of Umsong,
he said.
Just south of Chungju, major
city in the Umsong fighting area.
an enemy battalion with other
forces opposed South Korean troops,
MacArthur's comfnunique said.
Reds Still Push
The United Nations commander
said increased activities on the east
coast still Indicated southwark pres
sure with opposition from friendly
forces (likely allied naval and air).
Macarthur said there was evil
dence the morale of the North Ko-
rean Communists was slipping
under the heavy pressure applied
by allied warplanes which yesterday
began around-the-clock attacks on
them. r.
Some 46 enemy tanks. trapped on
a highway near Chonan, were
knocked out by the low flying
planes yesterday. front line dis
patches said.
Secret Firebomb
Napalm. the firebomb, was used
with reported excellent results, the
Generals communique said. Ma
palm is secret soap-like mixture
that splatters flaming gasoline
when the bomb bursts.
The advance of the North Ko-
rean troops on the populous western
side of the Korean peninsula car
ried them to within 20 air miles of
Taejon. Macarthur said the Reds
were at Chochiwon. a rail junction.
Taejon is the temporary capital
OF the South Korean government.
But even as these reverses were
reported. 1t. Gen. George E.. Strate-
meyer said in a Tokyo interview
that combined air, sea and ground
forces of the Allies had stopped the
Communist drive that had rolled
relentlessly for two weeks.
There was other heartening news
today. 1t. Gen. George E. Strate-
meyer said the great effort of our
ground forces. the Navy and Far
East Air Forces (FEAF) has stop
ped" the Communist drive that for
two weeks ground deep into South
Korea.