Moscow, July 13.
Manchoukuo between July 6 and 12 claimed a toll of about hostilities along the borders of Outer Mongolia and 2,000 Japanese-Manchoukuan soldiers killed and some 3,500 injured, official Tass news agency reported today.
In the same period, Soviet-Mongolian troops lost 293 men killed and 653 wounded.
The intensity of the fighting during that week is further demonstrated by the fact that 61 Japanese war-planes were shot down in the Buirnor, Nomonhan and Bourdobo regions, while tle Soviet-Mongolian air force lost 11 craft.
A total of 254 prisoners of war were captured in the course of the daily battles, most of which were hand-to-hand after July 8. when the enemy received reinforcements, Quoting the General Staff of the Soviet-Mongol forces along the Eastern border, Tass added that war material seized during the past week included four heavy guns, four tanks, 15 armoured cars and 70 machine-guns, Twelve Japanese air-men were held prisoners after being shot down.
Between May 8 and July 12, total period of stiff fighting along the Mongolian frontier, the Japanese-Manchoukuo air force lost 199 craft in all, while the Soviet-Mongol forces lost 52 planes.
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