Helsinki, Dec. 29.
IINNISH troops are fighting on Russian soil in three sectors and have repulsed Russian drives on all other sectors, it was officially announced last night.
Finnish forces have engaged Russian troops on Russian soil at a point east of Lieska and in the Mari sector, north-east of Lieska.
Dispatches from Stockholm and Copenhagen. reported that Finnish patrols raided Russian in the north and damaged the Murmansk railroad.
An air raid alarm was sounded in Helsinki at 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday and ended at 12.05 am. yesterday, Police and other observers heard two heavy explosions outside the city, although they said they might have been some distance away. The night was brilliantly lit and the snow showed white in the moonlight. It was reported that many planes passed high over east Helsinki The city of Kotka on the coast, 120 kilometres east of Helsinki was heavily bombed on Wednesday evening.
Details were lacking here last night regarding the raid.
The Russians for the rst time suc~ ceeded in crossing the mile-wide Lake Suvanto, but strong counter attacks from the Finns drove them back across the ice, The Russians wore also driven back to the frontier north-east of Lieska and Red attacks were repulsed at four points between Hatjalabti and Summa and at two points between Summa and Muolajaervi, it was ofcially announced. The announcement said the Russian filers strafed civi-Vans during Wednesday's alr raids over the southern sectors. It has been, confirmed officially that nine Russian planes were.shot down on Wednesday, the announcement said. Fighting Was also reported to have continued on Wednesday north of Suomussalmi and around Lake Kiantajaervi, 'Snow began to fall here at Hele sinkl at 10 a.m, yesterday, but it was not known whether the' storm ox-tended as far os the front which was reported quiet yesterday.
Newspapers here yesterday published additional information on Wednesday's bombings, They. said that thirty bombs were dropped north of Lake Ladoga near a hospital which was plainly marked as such. Little damage was done, however. 'The newspapers said' that the Russian filers attempted to machine-gun, am-Dulanees but were not success United Press, Soviet Tanks Tmmobilized Copenhagen, Dec, 29.
Victoriously pushing their eounteroffensive, Finnish troops today cross ed into Soviet territory at two more points. Although the Soviet territory on which the Finns are progressing of little strategic importance, the Russian onslaught has been broken and the Russians are retreating all over that part of the front, 'The Helsinkt correspondent of the "Politiken'! reports that an officer returning from the northern front, declared that 180 Soviet tanks are: slowly rusting near Petsamo, sur~ rounded by the frozen corpses of Soviet soldiers. 'The same' emeer also revealed that Finnish _troops Taunched an attack ayainst the Murmansk railroad, which they disrupted in several places Havas, Fight Helsinki, Dec. 29.
White Aghting continues on Russian soil east of Lieksa, the Finns fare reported to have pushed the Red Army across the frontier at a new point some miles northward. Fighting 1s progressing in the border re-lon of Kivivaara, The ity awoke this morning none the worse for the first night alr-raid alarm, "which sent the population hurrying to the shelters late last night, Although two heavy explo-slons were heard near the outskirts of the city, It is not yet announces where they occurred. "It is believed that the Soviet planes took advantage ft the clear moonlight to fly along the coast from Leningrad. They appear to have flown singly round Helsinki, and finally made off in a westerly direction, unloading ther bombs on Kuovola, 70 miles away.
Reports received here suggest that the Soviet command is preparing a determined attempt to retrieve the situation near Suomussalmi, where the Russians recently suffered a severe reverse.
Soviet troops are attacking north Suomussalmi with the evident object of making another attempt to break through wie wasp waist to ult, at the head of the Gulf of Finland. The Russian soldiers dispersed at Suomussalmi have been reconcentrated against the Finnish een-tre for a new drive.
communique claims that the Finns wiped out two companies of Russians in hand-to-hand fighting in counter-attack against Soviet forees Hand-to-Hand Fighting On Western Front Paris, Dec. 29.
While fog held up aircraft in the [past 24 hours on the Western Front, there has been considerable patrol activity by both sides in numerous [sectors from the Rhine to the Moselle, The Germans made a number of raids yesterday against advanced French positions, one of which, direct-fed against a small wood in the vicinity of the Vosges, resulted in sharp hand-to-hand fighting. The raiders eventually retreated, taking one prisoner.
French patrols are particularly active east' of the Moselle.
According to the latest French communique, there has been reduced activity of contact units—Reuter, RAP, Plight over Reich London, Dec. 29.
The Royal Air Force lost one plane a successful reconnaissance ight over north-western Germany Wednesday, the Air Ministry announced yesterday—United Press.
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