translate English to French: Captain Hayes and his men found the bunkers and trenches of what had evidently been a platoon position, seven dead and two dying Chinese soldiers, and several automatic weapons.
L’escadron «C» soutenait les assaillants et, sous l’habile direction du commandant de la compagnie, il fraya littéralement un chemin aux troupes le long des pentes de la cote 172, à travers la vallée, et jusqu’à l’objectif central.