Show PILoTs REPORT REDS I I FLEEING Ys J I I I r I I Evidence lacking i I Of Reported Manchu ColumnA Column I A na navy naj spokesman man told an afternoon press briefing i that na naval al aircraft two da days s 's a ago o spotted a movement of I Iome some ome size si in North Korea headed toward Seoul This I movement ino of troops apparently was Ivas broken up by naval naNal and air force planes The spokesman esman said there is no evidence or indication that these the e troops came from Manchuria An air force spoke spokesman man will said the Korean an area above e the parallel is under constant surveillance b by air force reconnaissance planes and bombers TOKYO Sent Sept 22 UP Allied P-Allied Allied marines with bayonets and flamethrowers battled Korean reds Friday night on the near outskirts of Seoul Fleeing civilians said the Communists are hastily putting up stone barricades and digging trenches in the streets for their last-ditch last defense of the Korean capital I The red defenders in the city city- are isolated by allied deployment deployments from getting outside reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- ments and their positions under constant allied air bombing While bitter to hand-to-hand fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing raged on two sides of the ancient city allied forces smashed out mile 20 advances ances from boti bot the old and new beachheads to cut off red reinforcements for Seoul The airfield at Suwon 20 miles south of the capital fell to tank- tank led units of the U U. S Seventh Se division ision rolling down doun from the Seoul front Other elements entered entered entered en en- Suwon city astride the major rail line and highway leading leading lead lead- ing up from the rapidly expanding expand expand- ing southeast beachhead Punching Ahead In South Allied forces were punching ahead on all sectors of the southeast southeast south south- south south-I I east beachhead In some sectors the reds reds' were retreating northward northward north north- ward but in others they fought stubbornly Hundreds sui surrendered rendered or orere were ere taken prisoner A A. P P. correspondent Don Whitehead Whitehead White White- head with American and South Korean marines outside Seoul reported reported reported re re- re- re ported that by Fri Fn- the marines mannes had not enter entered d Seoul proper but patrols were moving toward the city en the west side The Thc sprawling city of more I than n normal population may become one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of the Korean war Ivar Whitehead reported The reds red are arc preparing for to house fighting This could mean the destruction destruction destruction tion of a large part of the capital Whitehead said Reds Red U Uso Artillery Red artillery roared into action against the marines from public park positions on South mountain inside Seoul An estimated reds were reported to have honeycombed honeycombed honeycombed honey honey- combed the mountain mountain on on Seoul's south side with side with deep defense works Bayonets and flamethrower were used by marines to cut a wide mile swath through Seoul's southwestern industrial suburb of Se See See Page 2 Column 6 i I I i I I e i s rp v r r y r r SRi f fr Ih 4 v ii A I r y I for All Eventualities I S t. t id Ia avid n K Ie K Brood of nf Laie Hawaii ail takes a little lit little lit lit- I tle tic breather between Korean orean battles The sergeant I has lias conic come back from a day 43 stretch in the tho front lines JInes near and lie ho is read ready for an anything thin Kimpo r t V Airfield yu f. f ukio r Q- Q Pu PY on g p pY Y Sosa XA Y j on v Ansan f- f Kochon Sec SUWON r f r Masan ti tir r r m f 42 Oran L' L KOREA r Kum on g 0 10 r AP P U Map lap Scenes of Battle for Seoul Solid s arro Indicate a allied III ell on rc reel red l forces open arrows arrous around Seoul U. U S S. S lilt division A entered Simon Suwon In a n. thrust to cut off reinforcements Two Tun marine columns drive on Seoul H n from ft est At t airfield C allies fou fought ht off red reel attacks Marines Battling Enemy With Bayonets i n S Continued from ra Pago Pao o One OneY Y Yong It is ili across the thc I Han Ban river from rom the capital I A. A P P. corre correspondent Tom Lambert Lambert Lambert Lam Lam- i bert reported from rom the Seoul front Friday morning morning- that the marines suffered relatively heavy casualties casualties casualties casual casual- ties in close close quarter c combat through shell shattered factory buildings building Allied troops apparently were sparing Seoul from artillery fire fir to avoid destroying the capital by fire ire that would spread through its flimsier structures Pound Heights ht Marine Corsair fighter-bombers fighter closely supported the American and South Korean leathernecks s son on both bolh sides of or the city Whitehead White White- head said the aerial fire bomb ire bomb assault assault assault as as- sault on red-held red heights height west of Seoul Seoul Hill Hill was was an awesome sight 1 Flame lame and smoke obscured the hill Civilians said the Uw university campus and other high ground in the city was wag strongly fortified by the reds Marines on the north Seoul side Ide of the Han river already have hav cut the rail and highway route to the northwest While on one column swung south from rom the crossing eight miles northwest t of Seoul another marine armored force took high ground north of oC the city Thus Ihus the allied artillery controls the approaches from Pyongyang North Korean red capital miles northwest of Seoul and coupled with the Seventh divisions division's divisions division's divi divi- sion's entry into Suwon this chokes es off the reds from rom supply or reinforcement front from rom the north and md south Giant Pincer Plan General Douglas Doug MacArthurs MacArthur's grand brand strategy is to tie a noose around the re reds reds' s' s Seoul supply and distribution center and then crush the Korean red army in the south I between the arms of a giant pincer I Unless well-organized well reinforce reinforce- ments can break breal through from the north it looked as at th though uSh the thc clan clamps ps would close There was no further word on a corps Intelligence report report Thursday that a mystery red armored armored arm arm- ored column from rom Manchuria Ian huria was wag rolling southward The of Seoul's Seoul outlying sections of mud-covered mud wooden houses resulted Thursday in a premature pre pre- I mature malure report by aerial ob observers I that marines had entered Seoul itself lr Sava Savagery ery 0 of the fighting fighting- for or suburb indicated that thata a tough battle was in immediate prospect for the capital But residents residents residents resi resi- dents who ho fled Seoul said the Americans would be welcome The They said they were ere sick Rick of the red regime after aCler 85 83 days under it One civilian complained Now I know l what international love e means It means you must give everything to the Communists Communists- ts- ts including the corn and rice before it is il ripened The U. U S S. S First cavalry d divisions division's mile 20 northward thrust was the biggest breal breakthrough through The Eighth army Frida Friday called I I f it the greatest single 1 vance thus far in the I allied offensive The cavalry's tank 1 task force drove frt tr J I Inear near Tabu 13 13 miles mUeI E almost to th tha river seven miles soi so is a ak k k I highway junction on 2 i n routes 1 1 1 The task force rp P Pin in in six hours at the 1 passed an e estimated l U- U trapped Thursday in a A between ty t the highway y river river More than of t force surrendered Major bart bait It R. R Gay First ca camander t mander personally b br s I two prisoners a divisi man said The reds hungrier More were tere e quit qUiL t Gen Gay was elated a rout now nou A A. P P. P correspondent Jac Jack Weve Veve had a great da day |