The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-26
Russia, Japan Battle
 For Air Supremacy
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combat false" reports in Japanese newspapers during the last month,
 Easing it's statement on reports received from headquarters of Mon- golian-Soviet troops in the outer Mongolian republic, the commit nique detailed incidents as follows:
 May 11-Japanese-M -Manchukuoan troops attacked Mongolian frontier outposts southeast of Lake Buir and forced them to retreat westward to the river Khalkhingol, inside Mon- golia. Thereafter clashes occurred almost daily, resulting in killed and wounded on both sides.
 Are Thrown Back
 May 22-Reinforced, Japanese Manchukuoan troops again attacked and attempted to penetrate deeper into Mongolia but were thrown back beyond the frontier with consider able loss.
 May 28 and 29-Japanese-Man- chukuan troops, again considerably reinforced by Japanese troops with tanks, armored cars, artillery and 8 large air force, again invaded Mon- golian, Mongolian endorsements routed and dispersed the invaders" and "the Manchukuan-Ja Japanese troops left on the battlefield many killed and wounded and 8 large quantity of weapons and retreated to their own territory" It was in this engagement, according to the Tass communique, that the Japanese Manchukuans lost 400 men, as against 40 killed and 70 wounded for the Mongolians. It was asserted that among documents recovered from three smashed Japanese headquar- ters," was a divisional order to Japanese troops to destroy outer Mongolian troops in the river Khal- khingol area"
 Aerial Engagements
 Then Tass detailed aerial engage ments:
 May 28-Japanese fighting and bombing planes violated the from tier and suddenly attacked two field airdromes of the Mongolian army. The Mongolian Soviet fighting planes were caught unawares and took of with delay which gave the advantage to the enemy. In this bat tie the Mongolian-Soviet aviation lost nine airplanes and the Japanese three. Finally the Japanese were forced to retreat hurriedly to their bases"
 June 22-120 Japanese -Manchu- kuan planes attacked 95 Mongolian- Soviet planes. Tn this battle 3l Jap anese- e-Manchukuan planes and 12 Mongolian Soviet planes were brought down."
 June 24-"Japanese-M -Manchukuan aviation attacked again, this time with 60 airplanes. The Mongolian- Soviet aviation, also numbering 60 planes engaged in battle and brought down 25 Japanese-Man- churian planes. In this battle the Mongolian-Soviet aviation lost only two planes"
 OOVIetS Claim FOlntS
 The communique ended by saying that no incidents were reported yes- terday, and by asserting:
 Soviet Mongolian troops occupy all points on the Manchukuo from tier east of the river Khalkhingol. Throughout the period of clashes the Soviet-Mongolian troops never violated the established frontier, without counting isolated occasions on which Soviet-Mongolian planes, while pursuing Japanese Manchu- kuan planes, were compelled to fly over the territory of Manchukuo,"
 Thus Japanese reports, published during last week, and the Russian report as given by the Tass agency, were in direct conflict as to the proportion of losses, and each assert ed that the other had started the fighting.