 On the morning of November 24 , the ROK 1st Infantry Division advanced towards the town of Taechon with its 11th and 12th Infantry Regiment on point . Although Chinese booby traps and mortar fire tried to delay the Koreans along the way , the 1st Infantry Division still managed to envelope the town by the dusk of November 24 . But unknown to the Koreans , the 1st Infantry Division was marching into a Chinese assembly area , and the resistance around Taechon immediately increased as the result . On the night of November 24 , the defending PVA 66th Corps counterattacked the Koreans with infantry and cavalry charges , and the Chinese and Korean troops were soon locked in a seesaw battle from November 25 to 26 . 
