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S ARMY EIGHTH HEADQUARTERS Korea Tuesday Nov 28 The lP-The IP The Korean war entered a real crisis for the United Nations forces Monday with collapse e of the Korean republic Second Second Sec Sec- ond corps in a two-day two retreat of up to 20 miles on the Eighth army's right flank The Chinese Communists having M smashed back the allied right lanK Hank in northwest Korea in a threat to cut behind the Eighth army's river line then threw mass man power against the center The Second and divisions of the United States Ninth corps were forced by this pressure and the flank threat to pull back to try to restore a firm line with the reorganizing republican Second Second Sec Sec- ond corps Field reports said three Chinese red divisions were deployed In column to smash around the flank gap through the red-captured red towns of and Y The Chinese exploited there a agap agap agap gap in an area of mountains and worse than bad roads be between between be be- tween the Eighth army and the United States corps in northeast northeast north north- east cast Korea Unless this this flank sweep is checked the Chinese can link up with an estimated bypassed bypassed by by- passed North Korean reds in central central cen cen- Korea east of the Seoul- Seoul Pyongyang axis Face Big Question Lt Gen Walton Valton H. H Walker Valker Eighth army commander ordered the Korean republicans to stand standon on a retreat no-retreat line running east of to and This line already has been breached with the fall of and a red attack on 11 miles south Earlier Tuesday Irving Ining R R. R Levine Levine Le Le- vine International News correspondent correspondent corre corre- reported that a massive by an estimated reds rolled back the inland flank of the United Nations front frontin in northwest Korea Gen Douglas MacArthur rushed reserves into the battle as Chinese and North Korean forces hammered hammered ham ham- for the second day at U. U N. N troops along 50 miles of the 75 mile front The United Nations commander also launched a strong flanking attack by U U. S. S S marines from the northeast in an effort to stem the red tide pounding at three R 0 O K Republic of Korea and two American army divisions in the northwest The enemy forces were reported to be suffering terrific losses with 1200 Communist dead counted in front of one American divisions division's positions Ordered to Stand MacArtHur's MacArtHurs field commander in inthe inthe the he northwest ordered his troops to defend a no retreat eat line at all costs But the tho huge red forces possibly half of them Chinese scored big gains along the eastern section of the The estimate estimate esti esti- mate of red strength was made by Eighth army intelligence of officers Ii cers celS Bernard Kaplan International News Service war correspondent reported from the cast east coast that marines and the R ROK 0 K Capitol division were running into stiffening stiffen stiffen- ing ng enemy resistance He said Capitol division troops were vere attacked during a snowstorm by a suddenly rejuvenated enemy supported by two tanks and 12 artillery pieces The enemy in that area arca who had previously been described as disorganized dis- dis organized stopped after driving See Sec Page 2 Column 1 Reds Roll pall all Back BackLine Northwest Allied Line Continued from P Page g 1 back the R O a K IC First regiment reg 2000 yards ards to a R. point about six miles northwest of marines' marines Opposition U U. S. S Marines who advanced four to five fi miles northwest t of also reported running into enemy troops supported by some artillery Chinese prisoners taken Sunday said faid the marines arc being opposed opposed opposed op op- posed by three Chinese battalions Lee Lec Ferrero International News Service correspondent reported in ina ina ina a front dispatch received at 9 38 pm p.m. Monday 5 am a.m. MST that the U. U N N. war thc offensive launched last Friday was rocked back by the thc huge red counter- counter push Ferrero said the right east flank of the R O a K Second corps consisting of the Sixth Seventh and Eighth R O a K divisions was overrun and the South Koreans were forced back 12 to 20 miles to the south The reds appeared to have Shave thrown their biggest counterpunches counterpunches counterpunches counter- counter punches down the middle of the i peninsula in the possible start of I an attempt to split the allied forces In North Korea in two A U. U S S. S Eighth army headquarters spokesman declared at 1030 pm p.m. Monday a am m MST that daylight attacks heretofore rarely rarely rarely rare rare- ly made b by Chinese troops were unleashed by the Communists at atI I several points during the day As an example of the staggering stagger stagger- ing price in lives being paid by bythe bythe bythe the Chinese reds for their advances advances ad ad- vances the spokesman said the U. U S. S di division ision alone ha had counted 1200 enemy dead in front fron of its positions The Eighth army official re revealed re- re that the American 2 in infantry infantry infantry in- in fantry division ision on the western seaboard though not under enemy attack had readjusted its position position position tion in order to guard the tho flanks of its most advanced elements clements The division had paced last Fridays Friday's jumpoff of the man U. U N. N offensive designed to end the Korean war by Christmas The had encountered practically practically no opposition as it captured Chon ju 51 miles south of the Manchurian border |
