Evening star., 1952-10-15
TroopsSeize
Triangle, Battle
Red Counteruttuck
Awaited on Crest
Of Central Koreu Hill
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Oct. 15.-American in
fantrymen smashed over the top
of Triangle Hill on Korea's CEN
trail front today and fought a saw
age inch-by-inch battle down the
northern slope. Two miles to the
east, more than 1000 Reds coun-
terattacked troops of the South
Korean I'd Division on Sniper
Ridge.
Associated Press Correspondent
Milo Farneti said American 7th
Division infantrymen on Triangle
were pushing single-tile down a
Communist trench leading to
towering Papa-San Mountain. i'm
mediately to the north.
A front-line officer said they
were lighting for every inch"
against flercely resisting Chinese
Reds.
A hastily erected cable hoist
sped food and ammunition to the
top of Triangle where other 7th
Division soldiers dug in against an
expected Chinese counterattack.
COunterattack in Dark.
The Reds lashed out at South
Korean soldiers on Sniped Ridge
Just after dusk. The South Koreans
met their charge with withering
machine-gun fire from the caves
and bunkers of Pinpoint Hill. the
central peak in the hill mass.
A late report from the front said
|close-quarter fightiEs swirled
around the ridgeline.
The South Koreans seized Pin
point earlier today with flame
throwers and hand grenades.
American officers with the South
Koreans said many of the dead
Chinese found on Pinpoint had
committed suicide.
White Horse Cleared.
Seventeen miles to the west,
South Korean 9th Division blasted
the Reds with high explosives
from their last hold on blood
soaked White Horse Mountain.
Gen. Mark Clark's headquarters
in Toyko announced that thou
sands of United States soldiers
staged a mock amphibious attack
Ion North Korea's sensitive east
coast. Navy and Air Force planes
supported the armada. The an
Inouncement said IAN actual land
ing was not planned or carried
out"
The brunt Of the Korean fight
ing shifted from White Horse in
the west to the central front.
Battle-hardened veterans of the
7th Divisions 31st Regiment
stormed back to the top of Tri-
angle just before noon.
Planes Punish Enemy.
Allied warplanes pounded the
Reds with bombs, rockets and
flaming gasoline.
Early morning fog provided Q
swirling mantle of protection as
the attacking doughboys scram.
bled up the steep, sandy slopes o1
the Chinese outpost.
Allied tanks and artillery
roared in support. But the foe
cut down the usually savage
Chinese mortar fire.
An allied officer at the front
said the American casualties were
much lighter than yesterday. In
yesterdays opening battle, the
GIs reached the crest, only to be
hurled back by counterattacking
Chinese.
Smoke Shells Invoked.
Once atop the crest today
American mortar crews lobbeo
smoke shells into the valley just
to the north. These cut down
visibility of Chinese artillery
spoilers on towering Papa-San
Mountain.
On White Horse Mountain
South Korean engineers tunneleo
under the last three Chinese posi-.
tions. They planted stacks oi
land mines, then withdrew.
The mines exploded with deaf
ening roar and the whole noun.
tain Shuddered.
1T just about blew the top of
the mountain" said Col. Linn, the
South Korean regimental COM
mander.