Rovaniem, Jan, 2.
Finish forces who annihilated the Russian division in the death trap ut Kiantajaervi on Sunday, waited ten days while the bitter cold froze the Russians so that many. were hardly "able to ft a rifle, it was earned last night.
The Finnish strategy has won them the war's greatest vielory, namely destruction of 18,000 Russian troops and an enormous amount of booty war materials.
'A direct attack on the Russians would be suicidal, but the Finnish Army and the Finnish weather are. Jeagued "in defence of the bottleneck front where early in the wor Tussia seemed about to roll over the narrowest section of Finland, cutting it in half from the border to the Gulf of Bothnia.
When the Russians had marched How B.E.F. Came to French Front London, Jan. 2.
No less than 174 vessels of all sizes rd types made 400 trips to carry the British Expeditionary Force and its equipment from Britain to France, the Merchant Marine Minister, Sir John Gilmour, disclosed toda} Plans "prepared in advance were used fo the best advantage, he added, "Transport of troops" he pointed out, "had to begin only four days after the decision was taken to send an expeditionary corps to France. Was therefore" necessary, on the shortest "notice, to requisition and clapt all the necessary ships."
Sir John Gilmour, in. conclusion, highly praised dockers, men of the merchant fleet and the various har-Dour authorities for the very compet ent and willing manner in which they ce-operated, working day and_ night, fo assure the full success of the gigantic transportation scheme. Havas.
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