FIGHTING IN SINKIANG
MONGOLIANS CROSS BORDER REPORT BY CHINESE NEWS AGENCY (Rec. 7 p.m.) NANKING, June 10. A battalion of Outer Mongolian cavalry and other troops, supported by four aircraft with Soviet markings, has invaded Sinkiang Province. The invaders, who are accompanied by lorries loaded with ammunition, have concentrated their attack against the town of Peitashan, 117 miles from Chitan, in east Sinkiang. The Government-controlled news agency says that Government troops are now resisting the Mongolians 200 miles north-west of Urumchi. Aircraft accompanying the invaders strafed Chinese troops and bombed and strafed civilians and towns. Military sources said they believed the garrison on the spot comprised only a few native troops with trained Chinese officers. The region had been in a continuous state of unrest since Outer Mongolia had been granted independence. They added that because of the great distances involved and the lack of readily available troops it was unlikely that the Government would be able to send adequate defence forces to Sinkiang.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25208, 12 June 1947, Page 7
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