y= only a handful of Soviet and Outer Mongol troops remaining on this side of the Khalka River, Japanese artillery batteries this morning opened devastating barrages against Soviet artillery positions across the river.
The Japanese batteries went into furious action in a determined effort to silence the Russian guns which were hampering the Japanese mopping up operations.
The Japanese supreme commander of this area told me last night that a maximum of 200 Soviet troops remain this side of the ryder. He admitted, however, the possibility of a few Soviet tanks and small cavalry units along the river banks between the Nomonhan district and Lake Buir.
The supreme Japanese commander, whose name cannot be divulged, said the present Japanese operations will cease when the invaders have been driven out or annihilated.
The Japanese troops, he said, have ji] orders not to pursue the Soviet and Outer Mongol forces beyond the river.
Since the Soviets have approximately 100 cannon, field guns and howitzers emplaced on the opposite bank of the river, the Japanese will be, forced to reply to any fire by the Russians, he said.
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