Conflict again flared up along the eastern border of Manchoukuo, as frontier guards near Changlintsze engaged about 200 Soviet troops at about 7.30 o'clock on Sunday evening, a delayed field dispatch reaching here today said.
The Soviet force, which was alleged to have encroached upon Manchoukuo territory, retreated to the border, abandowng iwọ dead, according to the report.
Also left behind by the Red force were claimed to be four rifles, one machine-gun, one pistol, four bayonets and one field telephone, in addition to number of hand grenades and rifle cartridges.
One Japanese non-commissioned officer was killed and five privates were wounded. Japanese and Manchoukuo patrols were in complete control of the border.
This clash occurred in the immed-jate neighbourhood of the point where Soviet troops and border guards along the Manchoukuo border staged a brief engagement on Saturday, when 16 casualties, including six killed, were stated to have been inflicted upon the alleged invaders.
Five wounded, including lour serious cases, were reported among "the Manchoukuo border guards Domei.
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