FRONTIER CLASH.
JAPAN AND THE SOVIET. (Received 11.15 a.m.) United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. February 13. The Sun-Herald says a serious Japanese—Soviet frontier action resulted in six men being killed. An official communique from Tokio says bombs, machine guns and field guns were employed and two Soviet war planes bombed the Japanese soldiers. The battle occurred at Olohodoka on the Outer Mongolia Manchukuo frontier where incidents recently increased the tension. According to- the statement the Japanese and Manchukuo troops while demarcating the frontier near Lake B.uirnor encountered two hundred Mongols. The Japanese party drove the Mongols off and occupied Olohodoka and captured a field gun, a machine gun and eight Mongols. A Japanese lieutenant and five Japanese soldiers were killed.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13182, 14 February 1936, Page 6
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