Russians Again Attack Along Border

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 183, 5 August 1938, Page 7

Russians Again Attack Along Border

Air Raid Precautions Enforced in Japan LONDON, August 3. Using tanks, Howitzers and qulcK-ttrers, Russian ana Japanese fought for six hours to-day during a second abortive attempt by the Soviet to recapture Changkufeng, says a Toldo message. The Japanese claim that Soviet planes bombed the Japanese lines and that Soviet artillery bombarded Kojo from Mayoshan, six miles distant. The Japanese War Office announces that thirty Japanese have been killed and 67 wounded since July 29. It estimates the Soviet losses at 250. Air-raid precautions, including the banning of advertising lights, have been extended throughout Tokio and 14 other prefectures. A Korean communique states that Soviet troops, covered by 19 guns and 30 tanks, reached within 150 yards of the Japanese lines at Shaotsoping and were then forced to withdraw half a mile. They are constructing earthworks. Low clouds are masking the activities of the Soviet planes. An artillery bombardment of Kojo continued all day, and the inhabitants left the town. Air-raid precautions have been applied in Northern Korea and the whole of Japan, notably in Tokio. A further protest has been sent to Moscow concerning the air-raids.