Battle of Haktang-ni

Battle of Haktang-Ni
Part of the Korean War
Date 9–13 October 1951 Location "Broken Arrow" Hill, north of Chorwon, Korea Result United Nations victory
Belligerents
United Nations  Belgium  Luxembourg United States (artillery support)	China
Commanders and leaders
Robert Soule Norbert Cools Georges Vivario	Ye Jianmin
Units involved
Belgian United Nations Command	141st Division
Strength
560	Several battalions
Casualties and losses
10 killed 14 wounded	98+ killed 4 captured

 United Nations

The Battle of Haktang-Ni was a skirmish in the Korean War fought between a largely Belgian United Nations (UN) contingent and Communist Chinese People's Volunteers between 9–13 October 1951, just north of the city of Chorwon just over the North Korean border.

The hill of "Broken Arrow" is an isolated ridge about 1,500 meters long, extending from south to north and dominating the surrounding plain for hundreds of metres in each direction. It is rocky and entirely clear of cover. At the northern extremity of the hill is the steepest and highest point of the hill, the centre section plateaus before a very steep rocky outcrop to the extreme south. It was labeled Hill 391 by the US Army.

The Belgian battalion arrived at Haktang-ni at 14:00 in the no-man's land (4 miles in front of other UN positions held by the Puerto-Rican 65th Infantry Regiment) between UN and Chinese lines on 10 October 1951 and dug in. C Company dug in at the northern peak, while next B Company entrenched in the northern section of the central plateau. In order that the southern point would not be taken by Chinese forces and used as a base for mortar attacks, the 40-men of the Heavy Weapons Company (equipped with American supplied .30 Machine Guns and 75mm guns) took up position on the southern peak 300–400 metres away from the rest of the battalion.

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