The Archive · 1940

Britons Emulate Finns On Western Front

Successful Patrol Raids Made in White Cloaks London, Feb, 11.

British troops in advance posts on the Western Front, during the severe weather in early January, took a leaf from the Finnish books and wore white suits and covered their steel helmets with white cloth, it was revealed here yesterday, Completely camouflaged in this manner, British patrols carried out important reconnaissances without being observed by the Germans, it was said—United Press.

Soviet Calls 1920, 1921 Classes Artillery Active Along Rhine Berne, Feb. 10.

Soviets of the 1920 and 1921 military classes are now being called to the colours, the Swiss Telegraphic Agency reported from Moscow today.—Havas.

Stockholm, Feb. 11. Furious Russian attacks on the Mannerheim line continued throughout yesterday. It began early in the Paris, Feb. 11.

The latest communique on the fighting at the Western Front reports: "A quiet day on the whole. Some shots exchanged between casements on the banks of the Rhine."

Another of the now customary cryptic military communiques, issued today, merely reiterated "Nothing to

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