Stockholm, Feb. 29, A great battle for deserted, shell wracked Viipuri raged all yesterday, While Finnish artillery was pounding the Russinns round the Bay of Viipuri, their newly-arrived foreign warplanes. made intensive Bombing raids on Russians lines.
Bombs dropped on the ice hurled tanks, guns and men into the waters Beneath. Because of the more easily. defended nature of the ground, experts in Helsinki have little doubt that Finnish forces before Viipuri will continue to hold out, Last night 4 considerable rise in temperature gave hopes that bad weather might come on to hamper the Soviet slaught.—Reuter.
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