Show ROIs Swim I River in hi Red Pursuit TOKYO March l 19 IP South South Korean troops swam the chilly River in central Korea Monday l in pursuit of Communist forces pulling back toward the parallel The Republic of Korea R 0 O K soldiers were spearheading the central front drive of the United States Eighth Army which has hasset hasset hasset set up strong forces in a holding line only 17 miles south of the politically sensitive parallel There was no stopping those R 0 O K troops said a military I spokesman They swam the cold river rather than wait for boats to ferry them across in the northward northward northward north north- ward drive Eager Beavers Beavers' They were just a lot of eager beavers The Time same R 0 O K troops trapped and annihilated a Chinese Communist Communist Communist Com Com- battalion Sunday The R 0 O Ks faded back when they first met the i reds cds But they sent strong patrols out in a flanking flanking flank flank- ing movement until the they were north of the Chinese Then they smashed the reds simultaneously from the front and rear American lia liaison son officers with the South Koreans counted dead Chinese after the battle The R 0 O Ks Kg captured a battery of 75 75 mm howitzers several mortars mortars mortars mor mor- tars and rifles and large quantities quantities quan quan- of ammunition It was the time first action of any size along the Korean front in 83 hours Jet Pilots in Action United States jet pilots Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day killed or wounded of 1500 reds concentrated in the village of 32 miles northeast of Seoul They also reported damaging a tank in the town west of once the central Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese c eo command a m ni man a n d headquarters south of the parallel and amid now apparently abandoned A United States armored patrol patrol patrol pa pa- rolling north from Seoul threw back an enemy platoon that attacked it 20 miles south of the parallel on the western front On the eastern front allied patrols probing within a few miles of the parallel moved northward against red small arms and mortar fire |