Stockholm, Feb, 16, The intensity of the Russian on-slaugh against the Mannerheim Line Was further increased yesterday, when thrusts along new lines were made.
Nothing is being said in Finland about the losses of the defending troops, but the whole of front pages or Finnish newspapers is now almost entirely filled with the names of those who died for their country.
Thousands of Russian troops were mowed down by the machine-guns of the Finns today as the invaders launched reckless attacks on the three principal centres on the Karelion Isthmus, namely, Summa, Tai. pale, and Oinola, east of Muola, according to reports received here.
An eye-witness at Summa said, "The Russians seemed to have swept towards the Finnish lines in one vast mass. Tanks came in a solid block of ten abreast and seven in a line. The Finns must have nerves of' steel to stay firmly in their Positions and watch this wave advance."
The Helsinki correspondent of the "Dagens Nyheter" said thousands of dead bodies lie in the ice of Lake Muola today after the failure of a reckless Russian attack over the ice. The Russians used cavalry for the first time in their advance on ice in the Gulf of Finland.
Over 40 Soviet planes raided Kajaana today. Bombs of many different sizes. up to half a ton, and hundreds of incendiary bombs, were dropped. Four persons were killed.—Reuter.
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