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tacks knocked out 270 trucks.
A fresh Communist division
about 5000 men-was observed
digging in northeast of Yanggu,
which is 27 miles from the eastern
tip of the front. The division,
presumably North Koreans, was
in hills just north of the scene of
recent bitter clashes.
Battle For IS Hours.
Another group of Reds, esti-
mated at about 1000 men, was
seen moving south in the area
northwest of Yanggu. Five hum
dred more Reds were seen digging
in in this sector.
In their most persistent attack
today, the Reds fought Allied
troops 13 hours before withdraw
ing. The attack began at 2 am,
supported by mortar and artillery
fire. BY mid-afternoon it had
dwindled to along-range exchange.
The two other assaults were by
platoon sized groups, and the Reds
pulled back after three hours. One
of these attacks was backed by
mortars and artillery.
Patrol Forced to Withdraw.
In the Iron Triangle of the
central front. artillery. mortars
and hidden groups of Red in
fantrymen harasSed an Allied pa
troll sporadicalily until it withdrew
at dusk. Only small patrol clashes
were reported elsewhere on the
front.
Yesterday general headquarters
said, u. N. troops hacked out small
gains in the East and beat down
Communist counterattacks.
The Navy announced its war
ships, using "sniper-like tactics, F"
helped "embattled ROK (Republic
of Korea) troops fighting to con-
Solidate their positions" on the
east coast by Shelling Red concen-
trations. Guns of two British
frigates cleared Reds out of a west
coast village south of Kaesong,
site of now disrupted truce talks.
Warplanes flew $50 sorties yes
terday and followed up with 80
raids through the night.
Pilots reported spotting 1900
Red trucks, including one convoy
running boldly with its lights
turned on.
Red Traffic Volume Drops.
The 5th Air Force said the VOL
ume of Red traffic had dropped
sharply in recent nights because
of flooding rivers and persistent
attacks by night flying B-26
bomberS.
Railway yards were hit today by
the heavy bomb loads of B-29
Superforts from Okinawa. They
used radar techniques to drop so
tons on yards at Yongmidong,
north Of the Red capital of Pyong-
yang. Other B-29s usually
bombed Sanding, east of the cap
ital.
The Air Force reported two jets
were lost yesterday. An Australian
twin jet Meteor was shot down
by a Russian type MIG-15. An
American F-80 Shooting Star was
brought down by ground fire.
Red China's Peiping radio said
people in southwest China con-
tributed money to buy 203 planes
for a Red air force in Korea.
Nearly a dozen separate ground
actions fiared along the eastern
and east central fronts yesterday
Red attacks north of Yanggu
on the east central sector erupted
like exploding firecrackers. Infil-
trating Communists overran one
U. N. command post and in an
other skirmish tangled with tank
company. The Allies won both
scraps in daylight.
The other main center of fight
ing was in the wild country north
west of KanSong.
There the American cruiser Los
Angeles reported that its eight
inch guns smashed II Red troop
concentrations in support of the
South Koreans. In each case the
cruisers guns opened up at the
request Of the ROKs.