Helsinki, Feb, 7.
yet complete yesterday, although important progress had been Finnish victory over the Russian 18th Division was not made, it was reliably learned last night, Everything depends on how the Finns follow up'their immediate success during the next few days, it was said, Preceded by the most intense artillery preparation of the war, the Russians on Monday drove another attack at the middle of the Mannerheim Line at Summa, but they were completely repulsed, The Red lines broke before the Finnish positions, The attack was the heaviest in man-power and the rate of artillery fire the Russians have yet hurled against the Mannerheim Line in a direct frontal assault.
Their losses were said to have been extremely heavy.
Judging from the preparations and] the desperation of the successive waves of attack, the Russians ore Going their utmost to break down the Finnish nes and reverse their pre~ vious failures on the Karelian Isthmus. Because of the depth of Finnish defences extending right across the Isthmus it would seem a risky, long and costly task.
An_ official Finnish communique said the Russian's used over 100 tanks Monday's terrific attack against the Mannerheim Line in the Summa sec-for, The battle raged all day long. Altogether there were five Russian attacks. Twenty-two Russian tanks: were taken by the Finns, the communique claimed, North of Lake Ladoga, the communique declared, the Red troops, felt' several hundred dead on the Battlefield before the Pitkaranta Is-ands on the coast of the lake. In the Licksa and Kuhmo regions all attacks were repulsed. Attacks were also thrown back in the Salla and Har-Kajaervi sectors.—United Press,
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