BIG AIR BATTLE
REPULSE OF JAPANESE FIGHT ABOVE MONGOLIA OVER 200 AEROPLANES RETREAT OF INVADERS (Klpc. Tel. Copyright—Unitml Press Assn.) cßccd. Julv 24, 1.30 u.m.) MOSCOW, July 23. A communique issued by the army headquarters in Outer Mongolia stated that 14 Japanese and three Mongol-Soviet planes were lost in an air battle on Friday in which 102 Japanese and 100 Mongol-Soviet p! a nes part ici pa ted. The battle was fought over Mongolian territory which the Japanese violated and .lasted an hour, ending in the Japanese being pursued into their own territory. A land battle on July 12 resulted in the Mongol-Soviet forces killing 100 Japanese and capturing a large quanlitl of war material. The Japanese renewed the attacks on Friday and Saturday and were again repulsed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19997, 24 July 1939, Page 6
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