North Korean Push Almost Halted

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26212, 8 September 1950, Page 7

North Korean Push Almost Halted

(N.Z. Press Association— Copvrtoht) (R e e_l2.lo TOKYO, September 7Ihe Pworth Korean drive t-ho tt j INaiions’ northern front was almost halted to a battering by aeroplanes and troop reinforcements less t T haVa ne^e ga ThiTarait n, t y he° S and that was sector inland from the elst coast S ° Uth KoreaßB ’ in the

Nations forces were holdi'ng thePr th ® United guarding Mann tatt? southFbut ss «emyT ’ ° defenders are reported to be holding the

The Ist American Cavalry Division’s defences in this sector were said to be seven or eight miles north of Taegu" nerve centre of the entire Allied war effort. 8

Troops of the American 24th Division were rushed in ih» northern front to fill the gap in the lines caused by the enemy thrust down the valley west of Pohang. Thev wrested the mSelnd Sf. N ° rth K ° reanS and pUshed ahead

Elements of the United States 24th Division drove five miles north of Kyongju, the vital railway and highway function half-way between Taegu and the coast, against ifghl

Desperate Communist efforts to wipe out the United Nations bridgehead in Korea were expected todaj’ to develop into a bitter, bloody battle all along the front in the

next few days. American headquarters officers are optimistic as usual, but a spokesman admitted frankly that the North Koreans could be expected to make the maximum possible efforts within the shortest possible time to exploit their gains. Official quarters said the position on the Korean front this morning was “steady all along the line.”