Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-05-12 | Page 1 | Chinese Reds Pour Across 38th Parallel

Chinese Reds Pour Across Parallel TOKYO May 12 UP Chi UP Chi Chinese nese Chi Reds streamed across Koreas Korea's Koreas Korea's Koreas Korea's Ko Ko- reas rea's parallel by the thousands thousands thou thou- sands Saturday and were expected expected expected ex ex- to renew their costly spring offensive at any mo mo- ment Two huge smoke screens over the central and western fronts cloaked the enemy's preparations preparations but he may throw men against the Eighth army in ina ina a supreme attempt to destroy it itI I or drive it into the sea I Front dispatches reported army commanders were certain the Reds had completed their r massive supply up build for the second round of of the offensive The question no longer was whether the enemy would strike but how soon Allied troops braced behind barbed wire sandbags trenches mines and massed guns all along the mile Korean front for the expected blow Allies Confident Although outnumbered two to lo loone toone toone one the allies were confident they could stem the second assault assault as as- sault as they did the first They predicted they would kill or wOl wound nd 10 enemy troops for every allied aWed casualty U. U N. N patrols striking out ahead of the main U. U N. N line ran into increasing enemy resistance An army reported reported reported re re- ported several skirmishes northwest northwest northwest north north- west north and northeast of Seoul with Communist forces screening the main western front build up farther north One U. U S. S patrol directed artillery fire on enemy troops and an m undetermined undetermined unde unde- number of Communist guns north of Other Clashes Other patrol clashes were reported reported re reo ported around on the central front believed eved the main target in the coming Red offen offen- sive U. U S. S fighter planes raked one large enemy concentration southeast of with excellent excellent excel lent Ilent results the said I