Copenhagen, Dec. 29.
Extracts from the diary of a Russian officer, killed during the Finnish campaign, ' were published in the "Berlingske Tidende" today.
The first entry, dated November 10, states that the officer's company had been stationed on the Finnish frontier for a fortnight, after having participated in the invasion of Poland. On December 3, he expresses surprise that the Finns should burn their houses and fight the Red Army, since the Soviet officers and men had been told that they would be received os liberators.
A few days later the officer wrote that his men had no courage. He also mentioned that disease Was spreading rapidly through all ranks, that the cold wes too great, and that most men refused to fight.
In one of his last entries he states: "It is a bad sign that the Red officers are not better trained. They have no more courage than the men. Reuter,
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