although the australians halted Preventing_or_letting the advancing pva 117th division and inflicted numerous casualties Catastrophe on them , they also suffered Bodily_harm heavy losses Earnings_and_losses .

since the outpost was defended Defending each night by only a single company of american or greek soldiers , the pva had anticipated an easy capture .

over a period of eight days repeated pva infantry attacks Attack were launched Motion against the outpost .

although pva forces captured Conquering seoul by the end of the battle , the chinese invasion of south korea galvanized Influence the un support Supporting for south korea , while the idea of evacuation was soon abandoned GiveUp by the un command Control .

at the same time , the pva were exhausted Expend_resource after months of nonstop fighting Hostile_encounter since the start of the chinese intervention , thereby allowing Preventing_or_letting the un forces to regain Recovering the initiative in korea .