SIGNS THAT 15,000 TROOPS ARE MOVING TO PORT FOR EVACUATION.

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 December 1950, Page 5

SIGNS THAT 15,000 TROOPS ARE MOVING TO PORT FOR EVACUATION.

Grim Fight To Win Their Way To A Possible "Dunkirk"

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Rec. 12.5 am). —Fifteen thousand United states Marines and infantrymen and British commandos, who marched 10 miles from Hagaru to Kotori, face an even longer trek to the sea for a possible Dunkirk evacuation. Allied ships are reported to be waiting for them 20 miles away at Hungnam on the east coast.

The Americans and British must fight their way through snowfilled canyons over narrow, tortuous trails. This may cost them tanks and heavy guns, which .enabled them to escape from Hagaru to Kotori. ,

northward from Hamhung, 28 miles below Kotori, to ease their escape. The “Daily Mail’s" correspondent, Mr Ward Price, reports that Wonsan, on the east coast, was abandoned yesterday by the United Nations troops, who were evacuated by sea. The Bth Army in south-west Korea is retreating towards Seoul behind temporary defensive positions thrown up across the main highways from Pyongyang.

Untold thousands of the enemy are believed to be hidden in ambush along the route.

It is still not known whether the battered Allies will try and make a stand north of the 38th parallel—or anywhere.

Frontline reports state that other Allied forces are fighting their way