et troops closed the ring round defences at Viipuri yesterday, the eastern and northern Of the sector and were advanc-round—Lojmola,—Suojarvi bol, the communique said. Five aeroplanes were shot down, it elaimed.—United Press. continuing at Moscow to halt the hostilities between the two countries, a Finnish war communique yesterday reported that more than 1,000 Russians were killed in a Soviet attack on Sunday at Killanojoki, northeast of Lake Ladoga, In the same sector, after a heavy artillery barrage, the Russian forces succeeded in capturing an island on the Pitkaerant Archipelago, the communique said. A Russian detachment on the ice of the Gulf of Finland was repelled, it said, Another Russian attack was Finns Slaughter Attackers Hongkong, Mar. 12, continued until early this morning when it ceased. The skies, however, size of pigeon eggs, were overcast and looked as if they a storm which might thwart any major Russian here, This is movement. The snowfall had not hail-storm has reached blizzard intensity, although was done to crops ong. Con-several inches of snow lay on the ground. driven back on Viipuri Bay, the communique asserted. The Russian drive was also checked at Vuoksi, it said, Eight Red planes were shot down on Sunday while the Russian Air Force bombed Kuovoli, Hamina, Rovaniemi, Kamijaervi and Simola in the neighbourhood of Sakkijaervi, the communique reported.
Russian attacks at Kuhmo and Salla were repulsed, it was said—
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