The Kwantung Army ordered this combined Japanese - Manchoukuo offensive, when Outer Mongolian troops, after occupying Nomonhan and Khalkamiao, continued their advance into Manchoukuo territory.
On June 29, several hundred Outer Mongolian troops, supported by Soviet tanks, attacked a Japanese outpost 24 kilometres within what the Manchoukuo authorities claim to be Manchurian territory.
The Outer Mongolian attack was made at a point south of Amukulan.
After bitter fighting lasting several hours, the invaders were forced to retreat.
Meantime, other Japanese columns crossed the Khalka River, capturing Peinchagauso, eight kilometres south of the waterway at 2 o'clock this morning.—Domei.
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