 The troops of the 24th Infantry were systematically pushed southeast in the Battle of Chochiwon, the Battle of Chonan, and the Battle of Pyongtaek, as well as in smaller engaagements. The 24th Infantry made a desperate stand against the North Koreans in the Battle of Taejon, where it was heavily decimated, but it delayed the North Korean advance until July 20. By that time, the Eighth Army's force of combat troops were roughly equal in numbers to North Korean forces attacking the Pusan Perimeter, with new U.N. forces arriving from America, Australia, New Zealand, etc., nearly every day.
