The Archive · 1940

Scores of Civilians Killed

Helsinki, Feb. 2.

Russian planes killed scores and wounded forty civilians during air raids in north Finland on Wednesday, a Finnish war communique said last night.

Russian troops on Wednesday launched several attacks on islands held by Finnish troops, but were repulsed with heavy losses, the communique said. Rovaniemi, Kotka, and Bange and the surrounding area were bombed yesterday and a few houses were set afire by the bombs at Rovaniemi, it was reported, but there was no news of the casualties. United Press.

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