As the soldiers scrambled out of the dugouts they carried souvenirs and equipment.
As the Finnish soldiers, and civi-lions left the areas they walked past thousands of dead Russian soldiers, stiffly frozen in the snows.
The evacuation of Bange, which Finland must cede to Russia by March 22, began today. This probably represents Finland's most dificult evacuation problem. Efforts will be made to settle the evacuees as soon as possible so that they may return to their normal peacetime work and make up for time lost during the war, officials said.
Trains, trucks and horse drawn sledges today were bearing 100,000 old men, women, girls and boys out of Finnish areas ceded to Russia.
M. Julio Koivisto, Finnish Minister in charge of evacuation, said the evacuees were forced to leave homes "where in many cases their families had lived for generations and even centuries."
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