 Following the capture of the town the US 21st Infantry Regiment had set off rapidly along the road to Sonchon to the west.Encountering only one strong KPA position which they quickly turned, by noon on 1 November the lead battalion had reached Chonggodong, just from the Yalu River where the Americans clashed with another KPA armoured force.To the north meanwhile, the US 5th and 9th Infantry Regiments of the 24th Division secured Taechon and Kusong, before advancing to within of the Manchurian border.