The Merce Russian attacks yesterday on the Mannerheim Line"are ex-peeled to develop today. Artillery reparation, of more than ordinary Violence, has been pounding the Fine nish positions for 36 hours. The Russians have tried to rush the defences With masses of men and material at several vital spots, The reorganized Russian army, under General Stern, is believed. 10 number at least 200,000 men in this sector, and it Is reported that a fur-{her $0,000 are expected from Len-
'The' Finns are supposed to have one-third of their total army of 300. 000 in the Karelian isthmus.
All reports agree that the, Finns have not yielded an inch of ground, but behind! the Mannerheim Line they are understood to be hastily complet jing two subsidiary defence systems to prevent the Russians from breaking through, Heavy batteries of Finnish artillery heralded the New Year in the Kare-Vian Isthmus with 24 salvoes. These brought a furious response from Russian guns, which blazed away for nine hours, firing 40 or $0 shells a from shelter and food. Their strength was sapped in ten days and on the eleventh the Finns struck. The Russians and their horses were so weak that some of them could Bearcely move'-United Press.
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