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AMERICANS, NORTH KOREANS CLASH RUSSIA Two correspondents
IN SEE-SAW BATTLE Fiercest fighting yet seen as Yanks thrown back
U.S., RAAF PLANES ACTIVE
Tokyo, July 11.
Americans and Koreans clashed today in a bloody see saw battle which produced the fiercest fighting so far in the Korean war. United States tanks and infantry threw the Communists back 10 miles last night. Early today the Reds re-took most of the last ground and the battle lines stood about where they were 18 hours ago. Both sides paid heavily in blood and machines for the exchange of ground. American casualtios have not yet been totalled, but front line reports said one company lost 118 of 148 men who loft Japan two wooks ago. Only two of the tanks which spearheaded the Ameri- can advance from Yọngi to Chonul made the return trip,
Worst of all, the retreating Americans had to leave most of their wounded. on the hattlefield where, according to one lieutenant; the Koreans cold-bloodedly shooting
aro
them.
The Communist ground losses in the two-way battle Arc not yet known.
An avalanche of North troops, Including veterans of the Chinese Communist
Manchurian aony
and an estimated 80 tanks, struck at the Anerlenn front-line forces today and drove them Southward to new prepared defence 385- tlons, a headquarters spokesman announced.
His statement confirmed United Press front-line reports of a fremendouts Communist drive aimed at snapping the stubborn American positions on the West- ern Korean frunt.
Infiltration
There was no official word on Korean the fate of the South division holding the central soc- tor, how that the Americans are pulling back on the left flank According to the last reports, the South Koreans were holding their
Commund, Indicating that the
hud thrown all they
had into the drive down the Seoul-Tasjon road.
The
headquarters spokesman blamed North Korean infiltration tactics for the American loss of ground, and said they aro-"a: good as any we have over en- countered,"
The
estimated apakeaman that 18 divisions were attack. along the entire front, with combat forces of about 5,000 man per division.
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All reports Indicated that the best troops were fighting on thr American front.
An estimated 75.000 Korean veterans of the Red Manchurian campaign are being poured into the North Korean army inforcements.
a ro-
General MacArthur in his cóm- munique said $5 tanks and 218
U.S. Army, Air other Red vehicles were destroy-
Force chiefs
go to Tokyo
Washington, July 10.
The U.8. Defence Depart ment announced the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Ale Force are leaving Washington tonight for Tokyo to confer with General Douglas Mac- Arthur on Korean operations. A Defence Department spokesman seld that General Lawton J. Collins of tho Army and General Hovt-8. Vandenborg of the Air Force Will Feonfer with General
MacArthur, about how they can best support the. opera tions in Korea
Admiral Forrest · P. Sher- man, Chief of Naval Opera. flons, with not make the trip. Briefing officers said that his presence at the conference e' Tokyo was not
necessary because General MacArthur's headquarters is in close and constant touch
two with Commanders. senjor Navy They
Admiral are Vice Charles T. Joy, Commander Naval of the Far Eastern Forces, and Admiral Arthur Radford, Commander of the Pactic-Fleet.---Assoolated
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cost in a tank-led counter attack only IR hours earlier, reports United Press.
The North Korean tanken and Infantry attacked from Chohul, 28 miles North West of Taelon. under cover of fog soon after
dawn.
tank.fed American Infantry
ed or damaged by the fighters and bombers.
The Far East Air Forces, in a later communique, cut the figure to 39 tanks, apparently finding duplicate reports on many sorties.
The Allied planes American and Australian-concentrated on roads leading to the Chonan, Su- won and Pyongtack areas, South of Seoul,
Three Russian made jets-the Brat to go into action so far as is known-were flushed out of hid- ing and reported on strofing mis- slons by ground troops, a spokes- General MacArthur'a at Headquarters said.
man
The RAAF communique made no mention of the North Korean jota.. but MacArthur'sHeadquarters identified them as Yak-158._***{
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Triangle target
(Jane's authoritativo All the World's Alrcraft" says the Yak- 15 was developed in 1944 by Alexander Sergelevitch Yakolov. and was the first all Russian jet plane. No specifications or de- tolls-wore made public.).
The Allled air de concen- the trated its major efforts on embattled Western front where 'a tank clash between Red and American armour was in pro-
gress.
of
The placés emaɛhád a front tine triangle between Chonul, Suwon and Chungju, ranging from 22 to 70 miles North advanced American headquar- tere at Taelon. tt was in this sector that Invader strength was maseed for its, Butharr drive.
The planes bombed and strafed North Korean communication
Only last night the lines, destroyed; bridges and -hi! had driven the orack Communist enemy trains and troops, concen. First Division back into Chonultrations.
from Yonal. a scent 17 willen No personnel were lost and al above Thelon the South Korean planes returned proviclenal capital,
But when the fog lifted this
safely to thei Air Force Headquarters bases,
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Egypt changes her attitude on
UN's Korea policy
Cairo, July 11.
Egypt today announced her open support of the West in the world struggle against Commun-
attack tum. She called":"North Korea's. South Korea an act of aggression and said she approved the United Nations decision denouncing it.
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But a carefully worded. statement by the Foreign Minister, Mohamed Salah Eddin Bey, main- tained the Nile kingdom's refusal to support the UN Security Council decision to use ac- tion instead of words in Korea.
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REPLIES killed on war front
TO UN
Moscow, July 11. Rusola charged the United Nations Security Council today with giving direct support to armed aggression against the Korean people by its unlawful resolution calling for support of the South Korean republic.
The charge was contained in a Boviet government note to the United Nations Secretary-Gen- cral, Dr. Trygve Lie, sent in re- ply to Dr. Le's telegram Inform- ing the Soviet government of the Security Council's resolu tion of July 7.
The noto said the Soviet gov- crament finds that the above resolution was passed with the tame ETOSS violation of the United Nations Charter as was also the Security Council's reso- lution on Korean problems June 27.
the
of
The following is the text of
note: "Mr. Trygve Lie Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation, New Yoric
"The Soviet Government has received your telegram which gives the text of the Security
M armed with regard to placing forces and other means at the disposal of the so-called unified command
the United under Blates, to requesting the Unida States to designate a commandez for such forces and to using the
Nations United
the log in course of the military operations in Korea.
Council's resolution of July
Gross violations
"The Soviet Govermanent fadı that the above resolutión, passed with the same gross violations of the United Nations Charter
as as
Tokyo, July 11. Two American corrospondents were killed on the Korean war front yesterday.
A regimental adjutant reported their deaths to field headquarters.
They were Mr. Ray Richards, correspondent for the Haarst newspapers, and Corporal Ernio Peoler of the Tokyo "Stars and Stripes.""
International News Service hero was informod that the report came from a regimantal adjutant idon- tified as a Captain Downoy..
He reported the bodies woro not recovered becauso lighting still raged around the outpost where the newsmen word killed.
Mr. Richards and Corporal Peeler had been ro ported as missing since Sünday night, when they wont forward to observe results of the first American around. the-clock bombings-Associated Press.
Nationalists
still
hope to
to send troops to
to Korea
Taipch, July 11, The Chinose Government still has hopes that Gon- éral MacArthur will accept its offer to send troops to Korea and sees nothing in the SCAP. delay in replying to indicata that the offer. will be rejected.
An official source said that when the offer was made Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his advisers realised the great number of large and small factors which have to be consider ed by SCAP before a decision could be reach- ed.
that
Staff officers are reported to jremark that the troop offer was a also the the Security have advised, the Chinese, und political problem of international Council's resolution on the Korean It was fully understood hezy aportance. problem of Jina 27026 Fasolu that until the South Korean Although they realice tion was then it the absence fighting was stabilised it would President Truman does not want of two permanent members of be impossible to determine any action that may caus?' hun- of Chineso the Security Council the Soviet how, when or whore, the Na-dreds of thousands Union and China and further tionalist troops could be mov- Heds to move in beside the North the participation of a seventh into action under the UN given vast help North of the 38th mors by only six voiled from Talwan and thrown Koreans, the Nationalist view y Chinese Reds have already Kuomintang--who has no legal
right to represent China...
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The source said "Until all pro- parallel and do not need an ex- "In view of the said circum-blems of logistics attending the case of any kind to send more stances, it is clear that the domovement of troops on such a aid to the North Koreans,
Security Council scale and such a distance are United Press, cision of the cannot have legal force either solved, we realice it is impossible Furthermore, the Boviet govern for General MacArthur to submit
Salah Eddin outlined the throughout the Western world ment deems it necessary to call a definite answer to our pro- new Egyptian position at a news conference. Observers considered his statement a careful retreat from Egypt's previous "plague on both your houses" attitude toward Koreu.
The other six Arab states earlier bloke away from Egyptian leadership to give qualified sup- port to UN- Korean 'policies. Egypt had been sharply, criticised
NY paper on: HK oil shipments
New York, July 11. The New York "Dally Mir- ror," a Hearst newspaper, ac cusing Britain of trading with the enemy, today demanded West. with
that Britain show her sincerity as an ally of the United States by stopping the alleged ship- ments of oil to the Chinesu Communists.*
Ono high ranking officer said. diars spearheaded the Communist found Red tanks and infantry had Infantry attack on American sneaked behind their lines. The bridges today in the Pyongtaek defences adds Associated Press 80 mm. guns on the Northern in-arca. They wrought further dam- vasion Hussian-made tanks out-
to railroad bridges at An- shot and outpowered the Ameri-pong, Soughwan Heltaku alr
and ean tonks, in action for only the field, to the South second Ume on the Korean front. Aerial observers The Americans destroyed some reports that the main, Red in He sold ho had seen one medium tanks, too, hut as fast as one was vasion road between Chonan add tank of about 40 tons knocked out snother took its Chonul, some 23 miles North of Taejon, was strewn with wrecked North. Korean and burning vehicles and tanks United Press and Associated Press..
place.
whe.a
enemy and another which he estimated at. 60 tons, Ho sald enemy
The American retreat tanks had knocked out, tavaral American machine-gunend nating one and the troops still had not yielded all the territory Hight artillery positions.”
One morlar Sergeant standing they won in their counter attack beside a truck behind the fore on Monday. However, the Ameri- by «nost; · American Une, said the
can retreat was partly offset Red soldiers had driven into his the Southern Korean advance of to seven miles on the central Acctor of the front North and
area shortly after daylight..
up
Nearly surrounded and its North East of Tacion. The South ranks thinned by the murderous enemy fire, the American batta- miles North East of Tasjon, on Koreans recaptured Chungju,, 53 lon finally retreated, at noon from postions I had won at heavy Monday but were driven sut by a
North Korean counter attack."
The weather Trucks shelled
LONDON STRIKE OVER
London, July 11. London's unofficial strike of 5,800 food and transport work ers, which begant in the Cen- trai Meat Market at Smithield
"Can they guarantee us tha the Chinese Communists are not shipping that British all to the
Korean Communista?," 1t naked.
"Maybe these British merchants aro
American goods out of the Chinese Com- munists trading in Hong Kong
The American people helped the British in two wars. When we ask them to stop supplying the enemy, there can be no argu ment on fine points. It is all or nothing.
-NÁL 0809, OMT (4 PM (EXIT) #wond On the East coast, United States 17, days ago after, a wage in- * ridze of "high proasta trpm/rthe 'Pacific | warships: spotted Communist crease dispute, -is lovar 20
anti-crélone | sovers - Japan, and the Xóc trucks running with lights along . A mass. meeting - of) | motor thous Preure la low on a la cut the coastal highway, and shelled larry, drivers i una meat, market. the Lonchone and over the Fall of them with good results, General workers decided almost unani- the, FalUppines" and: la, tylatively hab Over Law, China, See
MacArthur's afternoon communi monly today to accept their que reported. The Communist leaders advice, and refùm to parily aloudy, abolated;"bejgl'abwww, Edat const bridgehead at Yongdok, work, from midnight tonight;
Ymverdar ai. Waather sales, all ja 95 miles Nortli of the American }-\ Bui: In: the centrale Joottish Makine 184 dana base port of Puran, - also was rolladay,where 12,000 of the Min farkáns e ! TATARATAM.
sholled. **
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"If they sell.oll. to oi enemies. they are selling oil to their enemies. They are trading with the enemy, an unfriendly fast. And they will rue the day they did it."—Reuter.
GIRL WOUNDED WITH CHOPPER
for her abstention Council declston. praised pht stand.
Salah Eddin repudiated Soviet support. in**a two-fated attack on Communiam, apving::
"I hope the Western powers succeed in their efforts to stop the Communist menace.
Asked if that included Korea, he said, "Everywhere."
"
Reasons repeated
Salah Eddin-then reiterated the from reasons Egypt abstained supporting the UN action in Korea. By implication he stated these were retaliatory.
Without mentioning Palestine, he charged the UN has "an easy- going attitude and even takes decisions helping aggressora" in the Middle East
the
attention to the following the posals.
resolution aforesaid
of the Security Council alma at un lawfully using the United Nations flag to cover the ormed actions of the United States in Korea which constitutes direct aggrca- sion on the part of the United Sintes with regard to the Korean people, p
"All this warrants ground for the Soviet government to declare that the Security Council's de cialon of July 7, arst, unlaw
secondly, represents fuland, direct support to armed aggres- sion against the Korean people."
United Press.
PLEVEN WINS VOTE EASILY
over
Observers noted Egypt's
Paris, July 11, The French National Assembly foreign policy is frequently governed by internal political considerations. Any outspoken gave Mr. Rene Pleven retreat from
previous whelming confirmation as Pre- Egyptian position, on Korea would mter of France, today after a be virtually impossible because fervent appeal to the Nation's the violently, nationalistic press squabbling political parties to front in face of has been praising the government form a united
Spence,te) and publishing bilstering attacks the present, threat to on the US and Britain for the Middle-of-road political par Korean
Associated ties joined together to vote in the 49-year-old outguing defence minister by 873 votes to 185 Ho needed only '011 votes to win the confidence vote,-United Piers,
Press.
attitude.
Quirino, Laurel
call truce in Philippines
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Correspondence
Reminders
Barclay on Beldgo
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Manila, July 11. President Quirino and his rivet for the Presidency in the Pag election, Dr. Jose P. as Laurel, leader of the opposi Truman' Becielồn On Lion Nacionalista party, have a May, Extand. Conflict put aside their political differ- ences in an effort to strongthen | Deftina about: Party nationali untly in the face of __nounces Peace Body. the International tension. Paga 7:35MERCE
President Quirino and Dr. Laurel, who was puppet Prasi- dent of the Philippines during the Topkness ocupation, Held
A young men seriously wound
young Chinesewansat last night on King's Road at 4.30pm by hitting her with a chopper
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Still hopeful
“We have seen. „ nothing Zen: far to indicate the offer will be.
BRITAIN'S DEFENCE ESTIMATE UP
London, July 11
Britain raised her 1951. defence.
rojected either #pr: political or entimate by £3,249,880 today as military reasons. We are at result of developments in the hopeful that Chiness Natish sphere of international defence. alist troops can be thrown into Previously, £780,020,000 bad the battle under the UN, Has been earmarked for defence. against the Communist aggress Bor.".
The War Minister, Mr. Em- manuel Shinwell, said, the new There was no Indication from eclimate was necessary because any official quarter that the of obligations under the Brussels Chinese Government was plan- treaty for the defence of Western ning new steps in order to speed Europe rand to help maintain up a decision although due note American forces in England. -- was takea of President Truman's United Press,
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