The Archive · 1939

Reds Said Using Poison Gas

Helsinki, Dec. 8.

"In an attack on Finnish batteries north of Lake Ladoga, Soviet troops used shells containing poison gas; the Finnish news agency alleges. Eleven Finnish soldiers were asphyxiated," the report adds.

A new exodus from Helsinki began during the night after an official announcement that the Russians bad started to use gas, The Government makes no secret of the fact that there are not enough gas masks for the civilian population. Hence the

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