NEW ATTACK BY COMMUNISTS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26514, 31 August 1951, Page 9

NEW ATTACK BY COMMUNISTS

Infiltration Of Allied Lines

r p m ) • , TOKYo - August 30. ine Communists yesterday tried intactics in the attempt to roll back United Nations troops on the east front in Korea, reports an Bth Army briefing officer. At one point they evaded front-line guards and attacked an Allied comnlarl<t pos ?’ forcin S Allied troops to -baftdon it temporarily, but an immediate counter-attack cleared the Communists out. Taking advantage of the intensely dark night, the Communists, singly and in small groups, drifted through “T U nite d Nations positions several points north and north-west of Yanggu. attempted to encircle several Bth Army units, but by mid-afternoon Werehurled back with heavy casualties

One Communist company-sized group ran into an Allied tank while attempting to infiltrate through a small valley. In # short and bloody engagement 65 Communists were killed and the rest withdrew.

South Korean troops continued their attacks in the Kansong area, seizing two hills against savage resistance, killing 232 Communists. Action on the central and western fronts was confined to patrol clashes.