Towns Along Viipuri Bay Also Evacuated; Reds Intensify Offensives Along Entire Front Helsinki, Feb, 28. NDER the pressure of an intense Russian land air offensive, Finnish troops withdrew to new ines in the Petsamo-Arctic Area yesterday. In the south hear Viipuri, the Government ordered the i mediate evacuation of all towns along Viipuri Bay in a strip 25 miles back from the coast.
In the far north the Fin were drawn back from Hoey henjaervi, near the Norwegian frantic, nine les southward to Nautsi, the lowest tip of the Norwegian frontier elbow bending into Finland, The town of Sackkijacrvi was evacuated under Government orders, as all towns in the immediate war sectors throughout Finland' were evacuated.
With Koivisto gone, the chances of holding the Red forees have decrease? considerably, and Finn soldiers yester ay all along the Karelian Isthmu: second defence line pledged that any further inch of Karelian soil would cost the invaders a handsome price.
On Monday, because for the frst ime their lane and rear were spared the burning stream of fire Kolvisto's outworn guns had rained on them Cor Weeks, the Russians accentuated their offensive -along the western part of the Karelia Isthmus, The first Red attempted to exploit the silence of the Koivisto guns met with defeat in the face of a lively barrage from Finn artillery and infantry fire, Less anxiety was felt over naiding other sectors of the new Tine, which lay more Inland in the middle of the Isthmus where there ore lakes and British Planes in Long Flight Over Germany London, Feb. 28.
'The precision and eMicicney of the Royal 'Air Force, demonstrated by their remarkable' ight over Berlin which they dropped "bomphiets" over the German capital, were lauded by sprrespondents of the Britis press ance.
The pilots of the patrol, which took place on the night of February 17, were particularly surprised at the inactivity of the German Air Force, which offered absolutely no resistance to the British planes, rivers.
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