The Archive · 1940

Russian Drive

Helsinki, Feb. 29.

The Russian drive gainst -Viipuri and the Finnish positions around ce Aeyrapaenjaervi continued yesterday with wave after wave of infantry thudding into the stubborn Kareliah Isthmus defence forces. ance positions to rake the [Finnish second line of defence, the Russian heavy" artillery was apntly not in the fight yesterday. Only three or four-inch batteries sre providing the main support for the crushing masses of Russian infantry.

"The Russian drive in the Petsamo pered the t of mephasized units—United/ Press.

Soviet ion.

2 London, Feb. 29.

Soviet air bombardments in Finland have caused total damage estimated at two thousand million Finnish marks. This is the figure given by the Norwegian newspaper "Arbeiderbladet," quoted by the Copenhagen radio—Reuter.

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