Helsinki, Dec. 21.
An imposing list of losses was in JAicted on the Red Army and. Air Fores by Finnish forces today, ac-Jcording {oa Finnish General Staff communique which claimed this oveing that the Soviets since dawn had ost six warplanes, 20 tanks, 20 machine-guns and one battalion of men wiped out, On the other hand, the communique reported that 23 Finnish civilians were killed in the course of Soviet air raids lover open towns. One woman was killed at Knotiomaki, 15 men, women. jand children at Jaensioki, two civilians Jat Sortavala and five more Finnish aircraft ce-operate with "archie™ guns in. warding off these alt attacks and between them brought down six Red planes, the General Dealing with Jand operations, the communique stated attacks were launched throughout the day in the Kerelian Isthmus, where heavy artillery barrages had paved the way for the Soviet infantry.
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