 In order to open the road the Argylls moved to clear the Chinese off the high ground located 500 to 1 @,@ 000 metres ( 550 to 1 @,@ 090 yd ) east of the road . The hill , about 45 metres ( 49 yd ) high , offered clear fields of fire to the west over the paddy fields to the Taeryong River and dominated the Pakchon – Sinanju road running beside the river . Supported by four Sherman tanks , machine @-@ guns and mortars , A Company captured the hill at 10 : 00 . Wilson occupied the summit with a reinforced platoon , before withdrawing the remainder of the company to the road , where the 3 @-@ inch mortar and Vickers medium machine @-@ gun sections were established . Meanwhile , B Company — under the command of Major Alastair Gordon @-@ Ingram — attacked the second Chinese road block , again supported by a number of American tanks . Back in action , the guns from C Battery also fired in support of the British infantry , and after a vigorous engagement in which Gordon @-@ Ingram was wounded the Chinese were compelled to withdraw , leaving many of their dead on the road . A number were later found to have been carrying demolition charges , presumably for use against the bridge at Anju . With the survivors of the battle seen moving into the hills , Neilson then ordered B and C Companies to establish positions on the eastern flank in order to protect the road . Although the Chinese had been cleared from the gun @-@ line and the hills around Pakchon , further attacks to the south continued to threaten the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade 's position , which remained perilous . The fighting continued , and at 11 : 00 the Chinese mounted a heavy counter @-@ attack on the A Company outpost , wounding six men . The Argylls were then forced to withdraw from the high ground under the cover of sustained fire from two Vickers medium machine @-@ guns sited on the road , and became pinned down on the reverse slope . 
