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JAPS DEFEAT RUSSIANS TOKIO Japan July 8 Invading Soviet and Outer Mongolian troops suffered a de ¬ bacle in a new clash with Japanese Man chukuo troops today according to a dispatch from Japanese field headquarters The Jap ¬ anese launched a general attack in the ter ¬ ritory between Khala and Holsten Rivers The invaders were routed and a large num ¬ ber of regular Soviet troops taken prison ¬ ers the dispatch said A Kwantung army communique claimed capture of a most important Mongol base after two days of heavy fighting The Mongolians are in full ofI retreat it was said A high Japanese of I f icer at Hailar asserted that 60000 regular Soviet troops have been brought in to stiffen the Mongol morale Reinforcements are en route from Siberian garrisons he said The TheI I officer stated that superiority of Japanese aviation was a telling factor in the conflict
