The Battle of Kapyong – 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Korea 23-24 April 1951 (2nd Ed)

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Title:  The Battle of Kapyong 3rd Battalion – the Royal Australian Regiment, Korea 23 – 24 April 1951

Author: Breen, Bob

Condition: Near Mint Plus

Edition: 2nd Edition

Publication Date: 1995

ISBN: 064218223

Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 159 pages

Comments: The detailed account of the Battle of Kapyong – 3rd Battalion (The Royal Australian Regiment). 

On the night of 22 April 1951, Chinese forces launched a major offensive against United Nations forces defending the South Korean capital, Seoul, and positions further east. Next morning the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade (including the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment) was ordered to the valley of the Kapyong River about 60 kilometres north-east of Seoul, where South Korean forces were being driven back.

During a night of fierce fighting and throughout the daylight hours of 24 April the Australians and a Canadian battalion, supported by a New Zealand artillery regiment, stalled the Chinese advance before eventually withdrawing after dark. At a cost of 32 men killed, 59 wounded and three missing (taken prisoner), the Australians had helped hold up the Chinese 60th Division and inflicted heavy casualties which totalled more than 500 killed alone. For their contribution to this action, 3 RAR was awarded a US Presidential Citation.