Reckless Tactics And Over-Confidence Alleged

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 November 1950, Page 5

Reckless Tactics And OverConfidence Alleged

LONDON, Nov. 5 (Recd. 10 p.m.). 1 —lt is now' clear that reckless tac-1 tics and over-conlident strategy have ;: betrayed the United Nations forces i into a major defeat in North Korea, says the "Sunday Tinies" Tokio correspondent, Richard Hughes. Two South Korean corps, after racing ahead in disregard of General MacArthur’s high command are now wandering among snow - capped, guerrilla-infested peaks and ravines while one United States battalion at least lias been overrun and written I off in the Unsan are.'.. Dispersal of force finds strong American units, 1 which could have continued advance I were they ' l fed, now faltering in the north-east and retreating in the | north-west solely because they separated. South Korean and American 1 forces approaching the Siberian 1 border are stalled against strong, well I 1 entrenched guerrillas in mountain j ■ passes. The delusion, which deceived i 1 General MacArthur himself, that the 1 Chinese Communists would not inter-j .

vene in any circumstances has been brutally dispelled. A costly frustrating winter ui:/,».V.gn n\w appears inevitable. Canadian Troops To Go To Korea OTTAWA, Nov. 5 (Recd. 11pm).— Infantry from Canada's special brigade would move to Korea in late November, the Defence Minister (Mr. Brooke Claxton) announced today that an advance party of 35 men arrived in Japan yesterday and then sailed for Korea. Mr. Claxton said the remainder of the force would go to the United Stales training camp. It would he available for service required of Canada as a member of the United Nations.