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CHINA MAIL
No. 34669.
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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950.
DIVISIONS OPEN
THREE RED DRIVE AGAINST TAEGU
Launch big push against South Korean sector
NEW
U.S. OFFENSIVE
Tokyo, August 17. Three tank-led Communist divisions—some 30,000 men-struck toward Taegu from the North of a 15-mile front today in what appeared to be the opening blow of the long expected Red offensive against the temporary South Korcon capital. The Communists launched a big push against South Korean units be- tween Waegwan and Kunwi on the East bank of the Naktong aim- ed directly at Taegu.
A co-ordinated attack by an estimated three divisions tank-led and sup~`
ported by artillery forced the South Koreans to give ground. American
Air Force
ob-i
servera said the front Named for 15 miles and was preced- ed by a heavy build-up of ar- tillery fire. A communique
sald the enemy attacks be- tween Wacgwan und Kunvi "indicate this area as the most. serious one to the UN forces in Korea,"
Tule was interpreted here evidence that the North Koreans, shying from the stiffening Ameri can resistance at Warywon onl the Marine attack at Chongnyone bulge, have shifted to the Sout's Korean line as a softer target for a break-through,
The text of the Elenth Army communique issued at 2010 sald:
build-up and twoʻ
affenvy enemy altacks Ingin BORI pulle of Koren) line between Wacgwan and Kimwi today, indi- cate this urea as the most coriou.. one to the United Nations forces in Koren.
A Communist. morning regiment attacked and caphired a hill wo miles North East of Waegwan. The Fifth United States Cavalry Regiment in counter- attacking and late this afternoon had succeeded in fighting its way half way back up the hill.
South Korean
flank hit
"This morning the right flank
of the 12th ROK Regiment way
day and Monday from the heights overlooking the constal city of
More American Chinju to a new line running al-
prisoners massacred
With The U.6. First Cavalry,
Korea, August 17. Thirty-two American pri- soners with hands tied be. hind their backa` were shot Koreans dead today by Red
hill West of Weepwan on R Just JUST before a U. 3. patrol fached the spot.
The Reds tried to kill 37 prisonera in all,. But five lved to tell the story. They anid:
alko the Communists massacred the wounded as they** lay meaning оп tha ground.
A North Korean officer or NCO who ordered the excou- tion of the American wär get- Roners on hill 303, mile and
hair North East of Waegan. was captured today by Ame. rican troopt.
report at According to a Divisional Headquarters this afternoon survivor pointed the out the Communist R
who had orferad the Man killing. The Communist was captured on.hill 303 when In American
altack counter overran the Communist posl. tlonsAssociated Press and
Fleuter.
The attack bicked off at 3 p.m. In by a reinforced battalion of and two and a half hours later enemy troops which penetrated the Americans radioed their comm 800 to 1.200 yards, Sulit in the mand,post that they were clean- Faine area, the 7th ROK Regling up about 100 North Korcans ment was attacked by an enemy attempting to flee down the hill Nartong and their Satation supported by two tank toward the
"In an attack launched: this own lines. - morning by United Nations forces
against the energy in the Chanun- Marine-Army
yong brideshead, the Marines ar making alate progress against very strong enemy resistance,
"In the Pebang-dong area, all unks of the ROK forces are still altacking with limited suecass."
A lata despatch from United Press war correspondent libbert Vermillion rald First Cavalrymmen. Terained the bloody top of Hitt A03 today for the second tinjo in 24 hours and for the 'third" time | in, three nights they dùg in on its dusty penk to meet an expected nssnult on its vital heights.
HI 303 overlooks the entire sector held by the First Cavalry
offensive
United State Marines and Army troppa recaptured strategio hill and pushed 10.000 to 12,000 tercaly realating Reds back toward the Naktong River today in an all-out offensive to wine out the biggest "enomy bridgehead.
of
had
most due South from the Nok- tong elbow, Some Army units abandoned field guns and other equipment to the 1,000 to 3,000 Reds bypassed in the original advance. The offensive achieved its main objective of breaking up the enemy preparn- Lions for an assault on the key Pusan, of American supply part 53 miles West of Chinju.
1
Marines at the front
U. S. Marines of the First Division movè op a hillaldo near the Korean front to take up positions guarding their for-
ward command post~~{A. P. Photo).
Big Three to hold
talks on
Taiwan
London, August 17.
North of the Naktong elbow, The Big Three Western Foreign Ministers will try
recomalssance
piloty reported
that the 26 square mile rectangle
on the West bank of the river devustated on Wednesday by a
to hammer out a common policy next month over what to do about Taiwan-possible powder keg of a third world "war..
B-29 Superfortresses was as "Informants said the Ministers' study will be pre
as a cemetery"; today except for
a couple of anti-aircraft guns,
U.S. patrols
cross river
to
Four
United States First Cavalry and patrols crossed the river
Into throa mlleu penetrated enemy territory but felled reach the bombed area, to six enemy divisione totalling up to 60,000 Communist troops had been reported massing in the rectangle for an Imminent assault on Taogu,
A spokesman for General Mac Arthur said he believed the enemy concentration of Infantry and armour had been broken up but added that confirmation must await further reconnaissance,
On the East const, South Ko- rean infantry cut off by an enemy thrust through the Allied rear to port of Pohang, 63 miles the North of Pusan, were evacuated by South Korean landing craft under cover of an American air and naval bombardment.
South Korean units West and South of Pohang continued on the offensive with the 17th Regiment reporting an advance of one inite, General MacArthur's spokes. mau reported signs of an enemy build-up of perhaps two divisions on the East coast for a new as- suult either South toward Pusan or Inland toward Tacgu, tempor- acy capital of South Korea.
ceded by a full-scale discussion of the pro- blem-by the United States and Britain.
The two countries have. The American, British and
Ministers been at odds over the status French Foreign-
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HMS Concord' was attacked by shore batteries sta-,
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Islands Communist-occupied bostions just Search for
outside Hong Kong waters yesterday morn- ing whon Hong Kong-bound.
A brief Novól release disclosed that only one per- sonnel suffered minor injury. The destroyer was not damaged. Lieutenant Commander 1. D. McLachlan of HMS Concord fired-back in self-defence, it was further announced.
The latest Incident was the first which involved in n British. naval craft and Communist shore
Hitherto, the only known 'In- client involving na aircraft w when a foreign commercial air- croft Macao-bound from Bang- kuk with reportedly gold bullion was fired on over Wan Chai Ig land, opposite the Portuguese
batteries On lelands surrounding colony, recently. the Colony on the South Wes
any
rince the orders to shoot at foreign ships and aircraft in- fringing Chinese territory were by General Yeh Chien- VINCA ying, Governor of Kwangtung recently.
(The Islands mentioned ore under the jurisdiction of the Kwangtung Provincial Adminis- tration.)
The position of HMS Concord at the time of the attack was not disclosed.
- Communist
khore · batterjes
The plane landed safely. She was not hit.
Alleged Soviet submarine bases in China
Taipeh, August 17. The Soviets are building a within 120
manning the group of islands ar- submarine nest rayed in a crescoit along Hong miles of Taiwan, according to King waters on. the South West Nationalist Intelligence have attacked overal commer-ports. cial ships. Chinese as well a These also reported that the
foreign-registered Vessels have Soviets, are converting the port been victimg.
of Yulin on the South coast of the big The Lemb Island, group, har
South China island of been the seting of recent unwar
Hainan into a major submarine attacks ranted
on merchant base capable of every kind of re- The first ship to be pair and service for undersea Ored at from this group was
craft, the American freighter Steel Rover
steamers.
in the
HK woman
in Malaya
at
Singapore, August 17. While the Anti-Terrorist Operations Headquarters Kuala Lumpur, have thrown a thick security blanket over the details of the search for Mrs. Norah Evelyn Stutchbury, who is feared to have been abduct- ed by Communist, terrorists following a Pahang Jungia road, ambush on Tuesday, it was learned that nearly 1,000 froops and police with blood- hounds ore. maintaining a day- and-night search, and pursuit.
The Headquarters were inclined" to the opinion that Mrs. Stutch- bury is still alivo, held prisoner or wandering lost in the Jungle.
Her husband, Mr. A. D. "Blutchbury, the British District.
Officer at · Pantong, near · tho scene of the ambush, le repertu ed to be participating In the search at the head of a police patrol, which last night found. items of female clothing. They. are ·bellaved, to belong to the missing woman,
The Jungle, through which the Yulin was largely developed by troops pro hunting, is very thick, when she was en route, to Saigon.the Japanese, who used it as a with only a few trails. (The axoct
source of the ave band for their advance shella which landed near the Southern Factic, during World Royal Air Force fighter-bombera
War 11.
struck at terrorist suspected hide- vessel could; döt ́at first be ascer- tained, However, I was
The Nationalist Intelligence us in the area some days ago
Thus far po, trace, has yet been! tablished that they might have|
A commission jer come from Tamkon "Island, Boviet submarine experts about found of a Chiritse Interpreter,
two weeks ago visited-Mawei maling after the ambush.! nearest point' to 'Waglari Island,
Mrs. Stútchbury; from a Euro- otherwise known as Mamel neon family in Hong Kong, speaks. South of Hong Kong)
Pagoda," lėks than 120
milan Chinese the language of the Norin West of Talwani
majority of the Malayan Com-
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Coaster shelled
Incident,
reports said
planta Plantor shot .............
A-Kuropean rubber planter and two Matay spécial .consta blower, wounded “fant : night. when terrorists ambushed their: Harry, in Johore, Pursuing tho kraldaby," the
Mawel is on the Min: Hiver between Foochow and the sen. jamunista T Less than 24 hours shor this The inteligence roporte als
the British coaster sald work was in progress das - Hanggang was shelled and night on repairing and ex- Europezo omicors warn wmurid tending the Yihsu, airfeld oft the ed by shrapnel. The Second outskirts of Foochtw, Engineer qahin,was nearly Thousands of workers" engaged completely wracked by a shell, on the project were under orders. of the island occupied by Gen-meeting in New York on Sep-
An' unexploded-12-pounder the reports said to completa, cralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's tember, D. Their parley will be
followed by В
was Imbedded in the trunk of by the end of this month; session of the 20-. Nationalist Government.
nation Atlantic Pact Council. The
the winds of the ship.
The reparts further alleged that Atlantic allies are bound by their
En new airstrip was being-bullt ón, |- The Jardine atearner was re-the Rod held faland of Amoy, ona treaty to consult anch other on ported to be stepping at about of the main ports on the China crucial foreign policy lasues.
between three miles South East of Tam-const Weeks of discussion
kan Island and British
when she was at. The airfield at Tungan on the Americon
officinis
tacked. both
Washington a hero and in
A dozen shells were mainland North of Amoy was far have failed to
showered on the 6,000-ton. Bri- also being repaired and extended, producetish vertel mulually
"which" whe- coming--Associated Press. acceptable policy on into Hong Kong on her norma Talwan.
KMT report: Reds moving
1
on Tibet
Taipeh, August 17.
The Chinese Communists are building up strength ̄ ̄ ̄in Iwo arcas near the Tibetan border Indicating that a thrust into the mountain kingdom might be imminent.
Major General Y. T. Chang, Nationalist military spokesman, sald Chinese Conimunist General Peng Teh-hual Commander of the First Field Anny in North West China, was moving men Southward Into Tinghul, near tha Tibetan border, Second Field Army Commander General Liu Po-cheng, the. "One-eyed Tiger, was sending erark troops of his Szechua Province armies West- ward toward TibeL.;
ind
MAO REPORTED CONFERRING WITH HO CHEMINH
The stalsmate
reuplves course from Sandakan, with or-
dinary
cargo.. general Around the order of President --Truman-last-June--despatching Then, shortly after this second the U. S. Seventh Flet to pro: unprovoked attack, the No tect the island against a post-wegian freighter Pleasantville bic Red Chinese attack.
Hong Kong-bound also, was, fired
Tiy the same time, the President on from the same point.
None regis called on the Nationalists to stop shells
shells burst nearby, bombing the Chinese
mainland tered a
a result of this series of at- Luckn from did zo in the hope of #c
the Lema group.to and ships truding with it. fecalising the Korean war and navigational warnings were cir-
culated io shipping circles advis neutrallsing Taiwan,
ΔΕ
Talpel, August 17. Uaconarmed Nationalist Press reports said Communist leader Mao Tse-tung flow to Nanning confer with the Vietminh' loader, Ho Chi Minh.
that
The reports declared
aapurity forces killed one of the terrorista. Government casualty lists just issued showed that the security forces killed or captured 71 terrorists during July. This brings the total number of terrorista killed, wounded and captured since the Malayan emergency bo- gan in Juno; 1949, to 2,080, of which the vast majority ware Chinese.
or
Civilians killed, wounded reported anisaing after terrorlar
alineks numbered 1,940, including 334 Malays, 088 Chinese, 130
In dians, 19. Indonesians. and 74 Europeans
.
Of the civilian casualties 810 were killed or died from wounds. The regular, special, and auxili- pry police casualties in the period. totalled 443 kllled and 467 wound- ed. Up to the end of June, Bri-
But the Nationalist attacks oring them to slay five miles off number of Soviet Russian ad-tiali Army casualties in the two- their Communit foes, and ỘN. the North East Head of Lemavisers were present at the talks yeur en erkency period totalled ita
Island. The Marine Department and when these ended, the entire killed and 188 wounded, includ foreign ships, including British. vesselr
with the Ited: hur requested master mariners to group flew to the Indo-China || Ing. Gurkhas.): have not
report immediately should their border for a tour of Inspection. Royal A, Force casualties word feels Although Britain
the chips be attacked when coming-Associated Press,
reported to be 80,-Router. Communists have a perfect righɛ | In.. to try to take Taiwan to stop the difacks, she fears this might in- volve the United States in a war- which could become world-wide.
Senator's statement
Orders reiterated.
Following thai disclosure of this action taken by the local
• authorities,”; vernacular
Prots raports roachfrip tha Colony from Canton stated that. Gan oraf Yah ·hea'rulteratad ́i hic orders to all his military.com- manders jin, the Pearl River, area, the East: Rigion and Can- tral Kwangtung to fire onʼati foreign, aircraft cand ships! Ins 'cluding, warship","”, that, fly over and/or "enter" Chinese territory
The exact strength or these two Communist forcen was not known, sald General Change But reports from Nationalist querillas. In Beechuan state that 30,000 of former · Nationallat
Sonstar In Washington, General Eu
Eu Tyl's Bulyuan
Alexander Wiley, Republican Province armies had been trans- But the new American offen.
from Wisconsin, today called siva In the Naktong elbow ferred to Szechuan. These
for an all-out affort to keep overshadowed all other develop.
troops were assigned to garri. mente. All during the night
the Chinese Communists out. of son duty to replace the Chinese Supporting tanks, artillery and
the Bouth Korean lighting. Red reculers sont Westward, long lines of tanke, artillery and
It tumbled
be recalled that General Infantry
Russions had the biggest single armada
Saying the motorised
wiir aghter planes of the Korean war
the Nationalista "baited a trap" in Asia, the rank- forward into positions for at Fu commanded First Cavalry lost it twa poured a steady rain of shells.
in the North East and surrendering active Republican member of 3 tack. ngo regained it in a bloody rockets, bombs and bullets into
ed to the Communists at Peking the
Relations Scanto Foreign 3ght Wednesday, and text. ( in the eight-mile long and seven Soon after dawn the big guns General Fu was sent to Sulyuan Committee. another bloody battle on
Welnes
milo deep bulge in the Allied day night.
line.
The bom-to keep 70.000 of his old. com- Iminary bombardment. First Marine Today saw the exhausted fight.
The
Brigade, bardment reached a crescendo asinand. It is from these units that now face is to use every ers in torn and muddy fatigues withdrawn secretly from the the Marines and Infantrymen rose the garrison force for Szechuan of diplomatic strategy we have "warling through the sinking, rice, Bouth coast, and the Ariny's 24th from their defensive positions at were drawn...
paddles and up the slopen over Division lunged against the enemy 8 a.m. and hurled themselves
In preventing the Chinese Red The area to
General whicht
urmies fro
from becoming involved dead bodier bloating in the feab jines at 8 a.m. in the second against the enemy lines.
Pent is sending his men is gel- rince the rst night of battle. American offensive of the war.
•!"Such' Major General John H. Church, rally known as Chinese Turkes with us in a titanic struggle,
struggle would bleed Commanding Officer of the Tasic ton. Force and of the 24th Division. Asked about Tibet's power to us completely dry-bleed us of bleed us of our nur meupower, said he was confident the com- resist General Chang sold the prima, biced us of our economie Page 2 bined attack would succeed des- latest information available placed!
strength
nights
The weather
The
At
12.30 p.m. United Press war correspondent Robert C. Miller re- ported from the front that the Marines had taken their fest
declared in a a states
and Allied planes begrn the pre- Province where he was allowed me greatest challenge
Le
ounc
That was the first time, that
· (That
the Governor's orders were made known publicly in the Colony)
On other
pages
Bondemned mal@appealing
objective, a: 1,000-foot hill, and pite the excellent enemy defences the Tibetan armed force at 10,000 The United States, he said, Privy Council-
were moving forward on schedule. in the mountainous ligas over-trained regulars. It is believed
Miller zald: "The Army also looking the Naktong
was reported moving forward in its sector of the bulge.” - He re- parted that both Haring” and
"AL · 1600 - (INT)(0° PM · "HKHT) Zabe irahoon le movies into the Pasific in the Kof. Japan.. A. akalione, depression, be mains in the vininity of the Louchous. Precaues to low over Central Ching Army units word meeting in- Today's Forecast-Modemic, or frais crossingly stiff realstance from
HW winds, cloudy with cossional squally
Thoweri.
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Beli
Superforts
the well entrenched North Ko-mass strike
rents in, thin hoights overlooking the Naktong elbow some 25 miles South West of, Tacku.
Simultaneous, with the
start
of the new offakalve; tha'Améri«/
command belatedly die. closed that the Marinas, and two Army regiments had aband Conad 20-mile strip of the Bouth coast gained in the first ↑ offensiva of the war last werk.
| The Firm Marits Brizado aud the 6th and alth Army regimental
Major General Emmál O'Don nelly, Jr. Commanding General of the Far East"Allg. Force Bomber Command, sald" today. " that 'en evaluation, of the rapuite Paf the United Blatos: Alta Forca"#" * ·B-29 Superfort@musa/a{P}u; AN Wednesday"In Wirdėt süppert, ooms from the mijnac kura
The Page many more have been called us must use its friends in
and. ⠀⠀ Tainan towed into Shanghat for training since the Red threat Philippines, India, Chion
elsewhere to prevent the Com- Page 4 developed,
"Tibet's major assots
ssote for defence mihists "from allempling, to stir Barclay on |`are: géography and weather, ac- up a rock war aminst the United Page: 5.
has bl rving to General Chang. Little States Wiley said he had Pad Z50
Cinama Pagt prolonged resistance to the power of the Chinese Reds can be ex-piked the Administration for a
| pected.—United Press, a
PRINCESS AND DAUGHTER
Page
Attico refuses to recall Parlia complete report on ita plans to
ment avold tangling with the Chinese Pagt B Reda in Koron and South East Earthquake havas
Birmabouch revolt against Senator Wiley made no men- tion of President Truman's order forplan
·to.
Fiest to defend, Seventh Tetwan alast Communist in- (d."; daughter, had say good for the lake baie af kos.
Loridon, August 17;" Prince Mizabeth and her two
"and jare - "making excellent
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