Evening star., 1951-01-03
Korea
Continued From First Page,

the blazing straf1ng runs of low
flying Allied planes. Carrie
planes of Task Force II joinet
5th Air Force fighters and bomb
ers in supporting the withdraw
ing United Nations ground forces
| Pilots reported killing an esti
mated 1900 Reds. This brough
to nearly 10000 the Red casual
ties from air attack alone sine,
the enemy offensive began New
Years eve-but hundreds of thou.
sands of Communists were roll.
ing southwark.
The United States 9th Army
reported the entire U. N. line
stretching $50 miles across Korea
was pulling back an unspeciflec
distance. In Eastern Korea, the
Reds had pushed as far as 27 miles
south of Parallel 80, old boundary
between North and South Korea.
The major Red drives were ir
progress. the 9th Army said. One
led straight toward Seoul dowr
the old invasion road through
Uijongbu. The other swept along
the Chunchon-Wonju highwa!
toward Womb, a Central Kores
rail and road center. Chunchon
SO air miles northeast of Seoul
may have fallen to the Reds.
Tense U. N. troops had waitee
long hours in the sharp cold fol
the assault. There had been g
brief respite since the New Year!
Eve attack. The new assault fel
on them like a thunderclap.
ASSOCIATED Press War Core
spondent Jack Macbeth, under
fire with the oath Division, re-
ported the Chinese struck be-
fore sunrise in company
strength. BY early morning,
the Reds hit in battalion
strength and then in regimental
force.
("The latest reports said a
full Chinese division was TAX
ing part" Mr.. Macbeth added.
His report covered the action in
the middle sector of the oath
Division.
("Today's wednesdays Red
push marked sharp change in
Chinese tactics Heretofore the
Reds have confined their major
activity to night time.
Casualties in the center Of
the American divisions lines
were reported heavy. The enemy
also was believed to be taking
| heavy losses.")
/ Artillery, Planes Lend support.
American heavy artillery ant
fighter support was called for a
soon as the Chinese infantr,
swarmed to the attack.
This does not look good" on
; regimental commander told MI
Macbeth at the time.
/ (Mr. Macbeth said the veteran
i oath Division - first United
States ground force to fight in
i Korea - abandoned Uijongbu
yesterday. The Chinese streamed
into the city and used it as a
sprlngboard for their big push
on Seoul. At least 10000 Chi
nese were in this one thrust)
Mr.. Swinton reported the Red
hit the weak spot between Britis
and American units as if the
had advance knowledge of it
whereabouts. The British were O.
big hill overlooking the break
through area. But the Reds brave
pointblank fire of the field gun
and drove the British from tn
hill.
! British and American reserve
stormed back up the hill, bu
there were too many Chinese. Th
Allied fighters fell back.
| With their flank thus protected
the Reds punched deeper into tn
line.
The Communists have NOR
than 100000 men on the battle
front. More than a million NOR
troops back them up in Mort
Korea and Manchuria.
Forty-two Red divisions hav
been identified on the front, u {
which are in the Western secto
tabove Seoul. An 9th Army briet
ing officer said the Chinese 3r
. Field Army, totaling more tina
. ADVERTISEMENT.
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