Evening star., 1951-06-17
Allies Striking
AT Red Bui|dup
Gain 7 Miles
Advance From Area
Near Kumhwo; Other
Units Push Ahead
By the Associated Press

United Nations troops stormed
through ebbing Communist resist
ance in a two-mile advance yes
terday toward the new enemy
buildup area at KumSong on the
central Korean front.
The Allies struck from an area
east of Kumhwa, southeast pivot
of the Reds broken Iron Tri-
angle" 8 air miles southwest of
Kumsong.,
Kumsong is 20 miles north of
the 38th Parallel.
Other Allied units scored one
mile gains on the central front
near Chorwon and on the east
central front north of Yanggu.
There, in the Yanggu-Inje sector.
the enemy offered bitter resist
ance. Some 5000 Reds were OBJ
served digging in northwest of
Yanggu.
because of censorship, details
from the front were meager)
Plane Drops Four Bombs.
From United States 9th Army
headquarters, Associated Press
Correspondent Tom Bradshaw re-
ported an enemy plane dropped
-four bombs early today on the
Iairf1eld at Suwon, Is miles south
Iof Seoul. No details were given.
The field was bombed lightly two
days ago.
Communists protecting vital es-
cape routes hurled artillery fire at
Allied units north and northeast
|of Yanggu at attacking U. NJ.
forces.
An 9th Army communique re-
ported a limited objective" attack
on the central front to Improve
a local position but the exact
area was not specified.
Newspapermen in Tokyo were
advised yesterday forenoon that
new censorship restrictions were
in effect which further slowed re-
porting of the Allies aggressive
patrolling.
Reds Well Dug-In
Until yesterday, the Allied drive
on the new Red buildup area from
east of Kumhwa had been slowed
and sometimes stalled by bitter
fighting of well-entrenched Reds.
The Reds they engaged yesterday
were well dug-in, but their posi-
tions were scattered.
Along most of the battlefront
yesterday. the Allied patrols
famed out in front of their lines
with little enemy contact.
On the Western front 80 miles
or so north of Seoul. Allied patrols
moved north of Munsan and 4
miles northeast of Korangpo, a
town ! mile south of the 38th
Parallel, without meeting the
enemy. Patrols north and west of
the Imjin river reported sporadic
light resistance. But an Allied
patrol west of Yonchon had to
pull bac after bitter three-hour
fight.
Reds Casualties Listed.
A communique from 9th Army
headquarters said the Communists
suffered an estimated l2,800 cas-
ualties through Allied ground
action from June 9 through June
Is.
Although cloudy, rainy weather.
hindered air operations, IA B-29sI
Superforts from Okinawa dropped
approximately 500 air-bursting
quarter-ton bombs on enemy con-
centrations last night.
The 5th Air Force claimed 115E
enemy vehicles destroyed or dam
aged yesterday in 40 sorties. Two
important Communist air fields. atl
Onjong and Pyongyang, the North
Korean capital. were bombed by
night-fiying B-26 bombers. An
supply center northwest of
Pyongyang also was hard hit.
Searchlights Aid Guns.
Allied cannon. with the aid of
giant searchlights, hammered att
the Reds last night.
The no-man's land between the
forces widened as the
main body of Reds withdrew over
the North Korean hills.
1t. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
American 9th Army commander
said the Reds still have uncom-
mitted reserves and, "We do ex-l
pect a third round of the Chinese
spring offensive
Reds Seen Moving South.
Associated Press Correspondent
Stan Carter said in a field dis
patch late last night that two
large concentrations of Reds were
reported moving toward Allied |
lines in Western Korea. Planes
secuted the area but found only
small bands of Communists.
Carrier-based planes attacked
Reds yesterday in the triangle |
area and air controllers confirmed
that more than 1886 were killed.
Allied planes spotted trucks
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