"In April 1951, the Chinese mounted a major campaign to win the war.

"They were determined to drive down through the Kapyong Valley and across the Injin river crossings, recapture Seoul, the South Korea capital, for the third time, and bring the United Nations armies to the point where they would evacuate the peninsula and get out of Seoul - get out of South Korea.

"As part of this plan, they succeeded in routing a Republic of Korea division and driving down the Kapyong Valley with two field armies, which was something like 7,000 men.

"The only units that stood in their path were three infantry battalions of the British Commonwealth Brigade, the Australians, the 3rd Battalion, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Middlesex Regiment."

SERGEANT JACK GALLAWAY