BIG ENEMY LOSSES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26523, 11 September 1951, Page 7

BIG ENEMY LOSSES

Week’s Total Put At 15,000

PtM * Association— Copyright) (Rec. 12.30 a.m.) An am j JP5 Y °, September 10. j„ An briefing officer said today iF 1 *! Communist casualties as it obtain th « e U " ited Nation, limited tMwinni °f flen *-l Ve 011 016 eMt Cen * E®}. for the week ended Sep--15 iHii*T re Stated at nearly pr’i^ner klled ’ woundedl or taken

An Allied communique reported tT*nH»^N t w and * north of Korangpo, iicht ron» at ? ns fS?°S? yesterday made n W wth th e enemy but on fo . ia 2?fll nd f r °f th e Western front no . J'Sniflcant action was reported. made onl y ct®* ta< ; t „®’.fo e eastern front. I warshin, yesterday steamed r£2~.,£\ n , river estuary and shelled Communist troop concentrations, gunposts and coirimunieations. ' ™ e . Ha n .river estuary—island studded and difficult to navigate—is on the west coast of Korea just below the 38th parallel. It was earlier reported that two further landings behind the Communist lines on the west coast of Korea had been carried out by Royal Marines and sailors from the New Zealand frigate Ro'oitl. A major air battle took place between 28 American Sabre jet fighters and 70 Russian-type aircraft. Two Communist aircraft were shot down. Tank-led United States troops advancetl uo to three miles along the 25-mlle west Korean front in a drive i°, upset the Communist offensive build-up which is spaar-headed by three armoured divisions.