The Finns scored another big, vie~ tory when the 18th Soviet Division, marooned for over a week at Kitela, north-east of Lake Ladoga, was vir~ tually "wiped "out. Between 16,000 and 20,000 men were killed or captured, oF died of cold and hunger.
If confirmed, this latest victory of the Finns marks the culminating failure of the Russian attempt to out flank the Mannerheim Line, Every Soviet attack designed to-relieve the sth Division was hurled back, and heavy Finnish artillery on the island fortress of Mansinaari continuously Peppered the only road from Kitela. The beleaguered troops, in a ghastly plight because their supplies were cut off, were compelled to eat horses. Once 4 Russian plane tried to drop bread but it fe into Finnish Lines, Reuter,
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