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$0 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, May 6, 1958 Canadian Gunners Credited With Victory Over Chinese By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer IN KOREA (CP)--Cool analysis, now that the fog of battle has lifted. credits Canadian gunners with another great victory over Chinese troops attacking in strength. " The enemy's attempt, WO- battalion strength, to seize vital United Nations territory was frust- rated last Saturday night. Today. participants in the battle still were debating what has become this war theatre's classic question: h a Did the Chinese come in throug their own barrage Or behind it? Some witnesses, among them Lieut. Laurie Cote of Winnipeg and Aylmer, Que., signals subaltern of the Royal Canadian Regiment's 3rd battalion, assert that the Chinese came in before their bombardment Began. t the build thing excep! e - NEL Coonfused. bitter battle re- called the fight last Oct. 23 for a spur on Little Gibraltar when the | 1st battalions of the RCR and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery combined to forge victory. Saturday's battle, however, was won by relative greenhorns in Rorca--the 81st field regiment of the --ov~' Cangd'an Artillery and the 3rd RCRs. They had been in the lin» only 13 days. The major Chinese objective was a hambone-like ridge 300 feet high held by a company under Capt. M. 7. Mullin of Charloit=town, P. E. 1. Their specific objective was a position held by a rlatoon under 2nd Lieut. Edgar Hollyer of Toronto. The oosition was the "knuckle" on the hambone. The Red bombardment accom- anying the attack was the heav- Rost Canadians in the Korean war had experienced. Mullin said: "I have never experienced shell fire such as this." A diversionary pr o be was| launched toward the 3rd battalion of the Princess Patricias and the 1st Royal Fusiliers of the British forces. But although this area was heavily mortared and shelled, battle never was joined. However, one Chinese patrol-- considered reconnaissance for the Seoond phase of the major attack ie miles into the Canadians' main e. Two factors contributed to the anemy, defeat: 3G e enemy's intended silent attack was foiled when a Canadian raiding party bumped into his as- semhly area: 2. Hollyer's presence of mind in calling artillery fire on to his own position when it was overrun, causing the gunners to box in the battlefield and preventing enemy reinforcements from moving in. The leutenant leading the Cana- dian raiding party, missing. be- lieved wounded and a prisoner, demanded help when Chinese milled around in clusters on all sides of the raiding party. Lt.-Col. Ken Campbell of Ottawa and Petawawa, Ont., Battalion commander, dispatched a second patrol under Lieut. Doug Banton of wa. (Banton was reported in an army casualty list Tuesday as killed in action.) Cpl. J. C. McNeil of Reserve Mine, N.8., assumed command of was beaten off--penetrated | lover with grenades. They accom- ithe . first patrol when its officer !was wounded and beat a co-ordi-| nated withdrawal through a mine | {field and uphill back toward the | |RCR's main positions, Banton cov-! |ering the withdrawal. ! | But the Chinese assembly area | |on the valley floor and the hill-| | side offered a-tailor-made ambush. | |Banton was killed. Most of his patrol is missing. Stragglers from both parties ultimately regained the top. | Actually, the engagement was {considered only a large-scale am- bush until then--when Brig. Jean Victor Allard, 25th brigade com- mander, returned from a dinner engagement in Seoul with Lt.-Gen. Maxwell Taylor, 8th army com- mander. Allard told The Canadian Press: "I got hot feet about 10:30. I had an uneasy feeling and cut the evening short." Allard appraised the situation thus: "This is the battle." Sure enough, minutes later Hol- |lyer radioed that he was under | attack. His position was overrun before /the defenders were aware of it. That was when the main Chinese |force came in and gave rise to |the post-battle question: Did they come in through their own artillery |" Sate said 'ote said: . "When a runner named Diehl {came to the command post and said the Chinese were over the {wall and in the trenches, I shot |outside . . . Diehl led and minutes 'later was killed. "In the communication trench between two bren-gun pits we saw them. There were Chinese in the trench with me and more along the parapet. There were more up top and in the centre of the post: tion, throwing grenades into the trenches, while a party worked towards me throwing grenades into weapon pits. "Then the bombardment started and forced me to lie in the trench. 1 presume the Chinese also took shelter though some crawled along the parapet in the shelling. "One was killed and fell on top of me, affording me that much | more cover. That must have been when Hollyer called artillery on to | his_position."" : (In Tuesday's casualty list, Pte. | Frank Alfred Diehl of Stratford. | Ont., was listed as killed in action.) Allard, meanwhile, ordered the Regiment into a blocking position and signalled for almost the exact of reinforcements the RCRs later found they needed. Campbell] said Banton and the missing leader of the first raiding party "blew the enemy's gaff--the Communists wanted a silent attack With, somplete surprise and didn't get it." The battalion commander lauded Hollyer for his coolness in calling down artillery fire on his position but the Toronto officer dismissed his part by saying simply: "I knew my men were in their bunkers--they were ordered to go there during the shelling--so with these so-and-sos up there throwing grenades at us, what else was there to do?" The first Chinese who swarmed | up from behind the position carried only apron-like pouches brimming | Censorship Of Books IsCondemned OTTAWA (CP)--Senator W. Ru- rt Davies (L--Ontario) Tuesday emned any censorship of books published in Canada. -- aking in the Senate, he also Parliament has no business fesisinting on what Canadians may ad. The sénator was discussing a re- port made last week by the upper chamber's eommittee on salacious and indecent literature, which did not recommend general censorship but suggested the revenue depart- | ment's facilities for passing upon imported literature be expanded. ! Senator Davies said he approves | | the committee report. He said the | censorship of imports of seditious {and other questionable literature ls | in good hands. But he would not go beyond that. "I will oppose the censorship of | books produced in Canada to m: utmost," he said. Among the world's highest water- falls, the Ribbon Falls at Yosemite iCal, has a drop of 1,600 feet. kor home refreshment buy Coke by the carton Generations of Canadians have enjoyed the quick refreshment and unmatched flavpr of ice-cold Coca-Cola. For family and friends it's the popular choice everywhere. 36° tocluding Federal Taxes Carton Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca-Coca Lid, HAMBLY'S BEVERAGES 115 KING ST. W. " Coke" Is a registered frade-mark. Plus deposit 2c por bottle PHONE 3.2733 plished complete surprise while the Canadians were covering the front | and flanks. The following waves had automatic weapons. After 15 minutes of artillery treatment, Hollyer had the fire lifted forward so he could inspect the positions. He said: "I saw the forward communica- | tion trenches almost filled with bodies of dead and wounded Chi- nese. The trenches were full of moaning, groaning quilted uni- forms. "Other Chinese soldiers were picking them .up and rolling them over the parapet and down to the wire at the bottom. I assume that stretcher-bearers waited there for certainly the bodies weren't there later." The position was pulverized by then and Hollyer's survey indicated it was held only by him and Cpl. Ronald Brayton of Halifax; a med- ical assistant, and Pte, V. E. Colyer, Meldrum Creek, B.C.. his signaller. Only next morning was it dis- covered that Pte. George Julien of Halifax had rounded up eight men, including wounded, posted them defensively and continued to hold a forward corner. There were several documented instances of Chinese medical order- lies dressing the wounds of Cana- dian soldiers and giving them water before saving them. Campbell said: "Our jetp ambulance drivers went in plain sight of the enemy to evacuate the enemy was most good about it-- didn't shell the trail at all after first lieht although traffic was just like Fifth Avenue." ' 3 _ No counter-attack was necessary in the morning to retake the posi- tion. The enemy had had enough and it was a routine reoccupation." The guns were directed by Maj. J. 8S. Stewart and Lt.-Col. Harry Stern, both of Vancouver, UTICA "Plan Mother's Day Service MRS. RALPH WILBUR { Correspondent UTICA -- A special service is to be held next Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Utica United Church, This is the Mother's Day Service now known as Christian Family Day. You are invited to come and bring all the family. Larry Kendall and Hillis Wilbur are home from school with the mumps. Arbor Day at Utica and Epsom schools is this Friday and we are {hoping to have a ball game as well, weather permitting. Mrs. N. Rusnell of Brooklin spent a few days with Mrs. S. MacDon- ald. Mr. Bert McKercher celebraj- ed his birthday on Sunday, May 3. Visitors were Mr. and Mrs, Jack Crosier, Mrs. Keith Hooey of Port Perry and Mr. and: Mrs. Alan Wil- of Oshawa. The next meeting of the Utica WA will be held on Tuesday after- noon, May 12. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walker were I Guelph on Sunday visiting rela- ves. Sunday visitors at Chet Greer's were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thom of Uxbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geer and Glenn of Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walk- er visited Mr. and Mrs. H. Grills of Columbus on Saturday evening. Mrs. K. Crosier, Miss Della Johnston, Miss Margaret Johns and Mrs. .V Wilbur attended the South Ontario Teachers' Federa- [tion meeting at Brooklin last Thurs- {day evening. John Lay's slides of {South America, with accompanying {of Latin America. Mrs. M. Rout- {ley described some of the high- |lights of the OEA. Mrs. Thompson of Uxbridge has moved into her recently purchased heme in this village. Among those who attended the overetta held in the Port Perry High School were Mrs. K. Crosier, Mrs. F. Kendall and Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Nelson. bur, Sharon, Douglas and Gary, | Major CALGARY (CP)--The 1st battal- ion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, is busy here re- learning jump technique which earned it a reputation as one of the top airborne units in North America. For the last two years the battal- ion 'has been fighting an infantry- man's war in the hills of Korea. At their old home at Currie Bar- racks, unit personnel now are going through jump drill to regain their skill. The reason behind the extensive training is part of Canadian de- fence. The battalion is slated to take over the airborne commit- ment from the Patricias' 2nd bat- talion, which will see service with the 27th infantry brigade in Ger- many. "We expect to be back at our former peak very shortly," says r R. B. Mainprize, airborne training officer. 'Once a man has qualified as a jumper he just needs a slight refresher to get back to his old standard. '"They're a little rusty on their flight control but after one jump they're right back in the swing of things. Their morale is very good and their jumping hasn't deterior- ated much in the two-year layover.' However, the troops don't start actual jumps immediately. A ser- ies of towers and other training devices take the men, veterans and rookies alike, through the entire training routine. in preparation for the airborne Gibson of Taunton on Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mitchell and {family spent the weekend in Osh- awa with Mr. and Mrs. Grieves. | Mrs. John Boyle of grenton is | hod visiting her sister, Mrs. | Mitchell. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry de: Vries, | Mr. Tony Luciano and Mrs. K. Bushell of Toronto were at |eiano's on Sunday. 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