Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 15 February 1951, page 1


Reds Near Wonjil And Chipyong In Two-Pronged Drive

TOKIO, Wednesday.

Chinese Communist) troops, in assayers £1 two-pronged attack, reached the outskirts or Chipyong and within three, families of Sonja to-day. in ft 3 t 3

The other arm of the two-pronged attack was still being reinforced as 8,000 Communists moved into the area immediately north of Wonju. ~ 1" ' *' (i ',

Further concentrations were also formed north-west of the

town where fighter planes attacked

a>soùlh-1)oiind Communist column and claimed "superior" lt

sults

Reports also told of an age Conamunist troop concentrations mov-ing south 14 miles north of Pyongyang, 35 miles east of Wonju ¿< ;

Wonju is the key town to all main roads in South Korean Including those behind 100 900 Allied 11 pops around ( iReoul Enemy tank ; and self-propelled guns now menace the town

Chipyong is, 35 miles east of Seoul and is north-east of Fort

i Tlio igajiispH) of J?icnch.<and iAmcMca-iivtitôops' in the town to-day stemmed the powerful attacking ,> Communist forces? which last night tried to overpower them

An estimated 70 000 Chinese ne in action around IChipyong Some make assaults on the town While others move south toward the vital Wonju-Yom road Used ing west to the main highway from keeps s t- v , £1

The Allied force in -Chipyong (was left far out in front when

the enemy occupied Kbengsohg¡"

20 miles to the east and drove toward Wontu This move punch-ed an 18-mile dent in the Allied line and caused a general with

drawal

If the Communists gain the Wonjil Yoju road they will be in a position to strike cast or west

behind the Allied lines

They would menace four or more divisions along the western ft out in the Seoul area, and the U.S. 10th Corps units holding the central front line near Wonjil

Eight hundred M North Koreans infiltrated the United Nations line across the Han River, near Seoul to-day

The sudden move caused surprised staff officers clerks and even cooks to grab rifles

Hundreds of infiltrators were again before the survivors attempted to flop back across the river under a hat! of tank and