SEOUL: North Korean troops with 90 tanks tonight (June 25) stormed across the Imjin River to attack the main defence line covering Seoul, capital of South Korea. An official of the South Korean government, reporting this by telephone to Tokyo, 16 hours after North Korea declared war on the South, said the defenders were resisting desperately andknocked outten ofthe tanks.

The Radio at Pyongyan[g] ... blamed South Korea for the outbreak of hostilities...

. ... Northern forces swept over the frontier at dawn, and were reported by American military experts to have captured all territory west of the Imjin River, the only natural barrier covering Seoul. The South Koreans were said to be holding the River at points about 35 miles from Seoul, against tank and artillery attack.

The North Korean Radio announced declaration of war ... after blaming South Korea for attacks across the border. Colonel W. J.

Mahoney, Acting Chief of Staff of the American Military Advisory Group in South Korea, said the Northerners had also sent into battle 3,000 guerrillas to harass the rear of the main Southern defenders. News agencies