While the Red army bombed and machine-gunned Finnish coastal towns continually yesterday, the Finns Slaimed smashing victories north of Lake Ladoga Friday in which 2,000 Russians were killed and G00 men and large quantities of war materials were captured.
(The oficial communique issued by the Red military headquarters at Len-Ingrad reported that nothing of Importance took place on the entire front Friday), The oficial Finnish commu issued today reported few casualties during yesterdays air raids, Six bombs were dropped on Banke and one shop caught fire. The town of Karja, halt aye was done, thi communique said. An air raid alarm was sounded Last night at Aabo and also yesterday morning at 11 o'clock but no planes were sighted. Tamisalvi was bombed and machine-junned, the communique said, Finnish troops counter-attacked the Karelian Isthmus front yesterday, destroying five Red tanks and captur= ing a number of- machine guns and other weapons, the communique The battle which has been raging at Aglajaervi, sixty kilometres north of Lake Ladoga, ended last night} "with defeat for the enemy," the Finnish statement declared." "The to keep their communications at the north end open, and this depends largely on the Murmansk railway.
Checked on All Fronts nish raiding parties were suc~ trying out guerilla tactless the Russian atening Russian communications. There were many indications that the Russians did not expect serious resistance in this part of the front, Meanwhile, the official journal "Finlandia,"' summarizing the first 23 days of fighting on the Russo-Finnish front, said that the "Finns had checked " the Russians on all fronts and destroyed 250 Red tanks "despite the weather which has thus, for favoured the Russians because of the small "amount. of snow and Inck of cold weather."
The -Karelian Isthmus. has. thus far been our main theatre of "Finlandia" stated, "in accordance with our previous plans we withdrew from several areas and placed ourselves at our main line defence which are victoriously holding against the enemy's onstough's, The first few days of fighting were designed to slow down the Russians On the average there was one Fin= battalion against each Russian
said that ghting was continuing on Lat ts from the fron sion.
the Karelian Isthmus but the major Russian attack appeared over for the moment. In certain sectors the Kussians appeared to be retreating. Dut military' experts believed they were merely making replacements. United Press.
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