CHINA AND RUSSIA
FIGHTING ON FRONTIER
SOVIET OFFENSIVE
United Serrlci.
(Received 4th October, 11 a.m.)
SHANGHAI, 3rd October. Reports to-day state that the Sovie* opened a strong offensive against Man* ehuli with a cavalry charge on Chinesa outposts under an artillery barrage at midnight on 2nd October. They were driven off, leaving a large number of casualties. Again at daybreak they commenced an intensive shelling of the Chinese lines, sis Soviet aeroplanes dropping bombs, resulting in from 50 to 100 casualties. Important develop^ ments in Sino-Soviet situation, are e» pected shortly.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1929, Page 9
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