TOKYO: Communist spearheads have entered the town of Chonui, 10 miles south of Chonan and 25 miles north of Taejon… . North Koreans are continuing their movement towards south along the west coast and are moving armoured reinforcement down the road south of Pyongtaek. Six tanks and almost an entire battalion of North Korean troops were destroyed by American Air Force attack on west Korean front.

A communique from General MacArthur’s headquarters said that Communist anti-aircraft artillery “in an attempt to counter-attack US air strikes moved into positions north-east of Ansong with troops moving south…”. The communique adds: “Enemy forces astride the Pyongtaek-Chonan highway … using the Ansong-Chonan road toward south presented a continuous threat of enveloping action.”

[Meanwhile, as reported in Casablanca,] a Blue Line (Aigle Azur) airlines D.C.3 bound for Dakar crashed in flames here on Sunday (July 9) within a few seconds after its take off. … Officials said that 20 persons were killed and 9 … were injured. It was another major French air disaster in 27 days. Death toll for the blackest month in French aviation history was 115.

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2025