Helsinki, Feb. 20.
The Russian drive against Viipuri and the Finnish positions around Lake Aesrapaenjaervi continued yesterday with" wave after wave" of infantry thudding into the stubborn Karelian Isthmus defence forees.
Every kilometre cost the Red Army heavily, but the preponderance of men was so great that fresh regiments and divisions could be brought up constantly, However, either because their ammunition was exhausted after four weeks of drum~ fire, or because their yuns could not reach advance positions to rake the Finnish second line of defence, the Russian heavy artillery was ap~ parently not in the fight yesterday. Only three or four-inch " batteries were providing the main support for the crushing masses of Russian infantry.
The Russian drive in the Petsamo region continued yesterday with the Red Air Force grounded by the cold weather, which reached 20 degrees below zero centigrade, The Russian forces yesterday had not taken advantage of the Finnish Fetreat. Russian advance positions had not moved southwards, it was reported, probably because of the heavy stow and rough terrain which hampered the movement of -mechanized units—United Press.
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