At this point the cavalry comes into the picture, for the report states that 26 Soviet soldiers remained on the {sland and that "horses were seen." It algo states that "Apparently there is entrenching by the Soviet." It is estimated that about 30 gunboats snd reply, that Soviet forces were stil) occupying the two islets and thatthe whole of the Soviet Amur River feet wag concentrated in the vicinity.
'A report was received that a Japanese, H, Teramoto, age 23, in the employ of the Jaoho Hsien'Government, while rowing a boat from the town, about 7 pm..on June 27, to an Islet described a3 "far on the Man~ choukuo side of the Ussuri River," was suddenly fired on by Soviet G, P, U, guards lying in ambush on io islet, The message states that several shots hit Teramoto, who, however, jumped into the water in 2 desperate effort to escape. continued and apparently several more bullets hit the illfared Japanese In the back. He disappeared beneath the water, while firing by machine gun was continued for some time.
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