Battle of the Samichon River

Battle of the Samichon River
Part of the Korean War
Chinese dead on the approaches to The Hook, late-July 1953.
Date 24−26 July 1953 Location Jamestown Line, Samichon River, Korea Result United Nations victory
Belligerents
United Nations  United Kingdom  Australia  United States  New Zealand	China
Commanders and leaders
John Wilton Glenn C. Funk	Cheng Dengzhi
Units involved
28th Brit Com Bde 2 RAR 16th Field Regt, RNZA 1st Royal Tank Regt 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Regt 5th Marine Regt 7th Marine Regt 11th Marine Regt	137th Division
Casualties and losses
Australia: 5 killed 24 wounded United States: 43 killed 316 wounded	2,000 to 3,000 killed (estimated)

 United Nations

28th Brit Com Bde

1st Marine Division

The Battle of the Samichon River (24–26 July 1953) was fought during the final days of the Korean War between United Nations (UN) forces—primarily Australian and American—and the Chinese communist People's Volunteer Army. The fighting took place on a key position on the Jamestown Line known as The Hook and saw the defending UN troops, including the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) from the 28th British Commonwealth Brigade and the US 7th Marine Regiment, fight off numerous assaults by the Chinese 137th Division during two concerted night attacks, inflicting numerous casualties on the Chinese with heavy artillery and small arms fire. The action was part of a larger, divisional-sized Chinese attack against the US 1st Marine Division, with diversionary assaults mounted against the Australians. With the peace talks in Panmunjom reaching a conclusion, the Chinese had been eager to gain a last-minute victory over the UN forces and the battle was the last of the war before the official signing of the Korean Armistice.

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