The Archive · 1940

Finns Fight on Russian

Finnish troops have penetrated Russian territory at four different points, military authorities said here yesterday. They did not specify, What points had been penetrated but Implied that they where the Finns had entered Russian territory were at widely separated sites. along the frontier from the Arctic Sea to Lake Ladoga. Also, they did not specify whether patrols or large bodies of troops had penetrated the Russian sell, It was supposed that ohlv pat-role had made the penetration, Tt was therefore assumed that the front has not yet moved into Russia in this, region. was rumoured at Copenhagen that the Murmansk railroad had been cut in two. places and that two bridges had been destroyed, nevering the Russian connection between Len-ingram and Kola, isolating, the towns of Murmansk and Krovsk. This Would render 60,000 inhabitants of the region short of foodstuffs.

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