Evening star., 1952-10-24
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SEOUL, Oct. "a. - American
troops late today stormed the last
Red-held knob on barren Triangle
Hill. They were stopped IS yards
from the top of Pixies Peak when
the Chinese Reds unleashed hail
OF mortar and small arms fire.
Associated Press Correspondent
Milo Farneti said the United
States 7th Division soldiers were
pinned down by machine gun fire,
mines. direct trajectory and NOR
tar fire. hand grenades and small
arms fire.
The GIs clawed so yards farther
before pulling back to their origi-
nal positions at 7 pm.
On nearby Sniper Ridge, weary
South Koreans gave up their rat
hunt" for Chinese in maze of
underground passageways on the
hills northern tip.
1t. Gen. Chun II Kwon, COM
mander of the Republic of Korea
I'd Division. said those China
men never stop digging. We have
to dig them out ourselves like
hunting rats"
American observers said the
bitter Red resistance probably
came from fresh Chinese regi-
ment which took shell-pocked
position from cut up unit.
South Koreans Withdraw.
The South Koreans withdrew
at dark with the Chinese still
holding out.
Twenty miles to the west, South
Koreans and Chinese Rugged op-
posite slopes of Iron Horse Noun
tain while thunderous artillery
barrages from both sides churned
the crest into a deadly no-man's
land.
Then the Chinese swarmed over
the top and pushed the South
Koreans farther down the south
ern slope
Fighting broke out at other
scattered points across two-thirds
Of the 155-mile battleline.
On Sniper Ridge, South Korean
I'd Division infantrymen went
after the holed-up Reds with
grenades, bayonets and small
bundles of explosives. The Chi
nese fought back from a network
of caves and tunnels in a desper-
ate gamble to retain their last
hold on Sniper's northern tip.
Artillery Fire Intense.
Artillery. mortar and rife fire
on Iron Horse Mountain was in
tense. An Allied officer said it
was certain death to raise your
head.
In a predawn battle on the
western front. Allied infantrymen
knocked Chinese Communists off
an outpost near Little Gibraltar.
The United Nations soldiers with
drew from the position yesterday
and Reds swarmed to the top. At
3 am. the Allies swept back up the
slope and captured the crest in a
45-minute action.
American and Ethiopian troops
of the United States 7th Division
chopped to bits force of 500 Reds
who attacked Triangle Hill last
night and this morning. Front
line reports said they killed 40
Reds and wounded 800. Triangle
is just west of Sniper Rige.
The eastern front, where North
Koreans do all the fighting for the
Reds, was relatively quiet. Only
q few minor patrol actions were
reported.
United States 5th Air Force
said its warplaneS supported the
ground troops all along the front.
Pilots claimed Is Red gun posi-
tions destroyed and 50 bunkers
were damaged.
Cement Plant Bombed.
Ten B-29 Super-Forts rode
through 140-mile- e-an-hour winds
last night and dropped 100 tons
of bombs on a cement plant in
Northeast Korea. Pilots reported
the plant destroyed.
Official 9th Army figures today
reflected the savage intensity of
recent fighting on the central
front. The Army said its soldiers
killed 5,996 Reds and wounded
1891 in the week ended October
81. During the same period it
reported only IS prisoners taken.
That is a ratio of nearly 100 Reds
killed for every one captured.
October Red casualties now
stand at 27,096 killed and
wounded. Figures for the first
two weeks were 1898 and 1876.
The battleship Missouri re-
turned to Korean waters for a
100000 %n11r a.