PATROL CLASHES IN KOREA
(Rec. 11 p.m.) SEOUL, March 11. More than 40 Communists were killed or wounded in clashes with Allied patrols in the eastern sector of the Korean front last night.
Driving rain along most of the muddy battlefront slowed down the fighting and gave most of the troops breathing space after yesterday’s raids on the Communist positions.
Bad weather grounded Allied aircraft.
The Sth Army announced today that United Nations troops killed 1380 Communists. wounded 920, and captured four last week.
Commando-Type Raids United Nations soldiers yesterday made two commando-type raids which carried them right into Chinese trenches on the western front. Platoon commanders described the actions as “killer” raids and said their men worked havoc. killing and wounding scores of surprised Chinese with bayonets and bursts from submachineguns. One raiding party seized a Chinese outpost north of White Horse Hill and held it for four hours.
Chinese artillery hurled 2000 shells into what had been their own position shortly before, while enemy soldiers tried to fight their way back. In the other raid close-quarter fighting continued for 35 minutes, and the Chinese suffered heavy casualties.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26987, 12 March 1953, Page 9
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