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I EMPIRE FORCES COVER
RETREATING ¡
¡ U S. TROOPS
J? Tokio, December 1.-Australian and British troops,
¡Slug in ona hillside, were tonight cover Vg the withdrawal of.
the last United States elements from the Changchon River.
fr. The comeara ti VP lull in North
WV estera . Korea, continued today,
ftut in the north-east the: United
'States SFirst Marine Division under
a "fiery air umbrella" made a bid
Ito break out of the enemy tran
on both sides of -the Chosen Re-
servior. ;.
[ The Australians " and British.
»huddled in foxholes seeking pro-
jection from the freezing north
.?wind, kept guard along a ' ridso
^overlooking a vital road junction
'through which American and Stn
Korean troops poured southward
flo take up new defence -positions
[throughout daylight.
\ The Commonwealth Brigade
píen peered over the barres u
Iheir rifles and brenguns or squat-
ted bv the . side of the moun!ain>
¡and carriers, watching the retreat
'pf an army.
I Marching trpops -walked amid
iirnks. truel'- .'and: hugp trnn'snort
{Wheels. Refugees in- thousands
jerbssed the' road junction as bes.
as the:' could between. gaos in tho
¡convoy.
\ nFJ) CASUAILTIES
Heavy Communist c*v-inltish
were claimed by pilots of United
Cation war planes today., Th«
Planes continuously strafed > Com-
munist troops in tne fourth cross
ng of the Chon.sc'non River. 22t)
rriiles north of the new Uniteo
Cations defence position.
An air observer reported that
I the Communist appear to be
'driving before them thousands
of refugees, apparently in a»
altem-' to complicate the situ
l ation by pushing them against
"the Allied lines.
Allied forces in Pyonvang, th«
northern capital occupied by thi»
Americans on October 19 wert
"alerted tonight for a possible
Parachute drop by. Communists or
infiltration ; by North Korean
guerillas. '
Communist planes bombed
Pyonygang at midnight, causing
heavy explosions. "It was the
. secoiid . successive nignt raid on
the city..
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