Helsinki, Jan. 17. Finnish forces threw back a Russian attack on the Karelian Isthmus yesterday after inflicting heavy losses on the Red troops, an official Finnish war communique said last night. Finnish, troops also dispersed two Russian companies on the important north-central frontier near Salla, where it was recently reported the Russians -were attempting mass re-enforcements, the communique said.
A Russian detachment attacked Finnish troops on the south-eastern Isthmus front near Taipale yesterday, the communique said. Sixty Red bombers raided eight Finnish towns yesterday, dropping 600 bombs, when three civilians were killed and 50 wounded but material damage was slight.
Finns estimated that since Friday nearly 10,000 bombs have been dropped on nearly 50 villages and towns in Finland. Russian planes bombed isolated Finnish houses and machinegunned the people, the Finns alleged.—United Press,
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