Helsinki, Feb. 15. Russian forces east of Summa London, Feb. 15.
The Russians are said to have concentrated a force equal to the whole army available for the defence of all the frontiers of Finland, "The Times" stated today in a comment on operations on the Karelion front in Finland.
"The Finns opposite them have just enough men to hold the line but they have no forces to spare and few reserves to allow periodical rests for the troops in the fighting line," the paper added. "If they maintain their positions for a few weeks more they should gain temporary relief from the heavy snow that normally falls in March. After that the seasonal thaw will further impede the invaders, But when Spring comes in May it will establish weather conditions throughout Finland different from those at present, That is the moment when help can be most effectively given by the volunteers of foreign countries who, except for a small number of them who are experienced winter sportsmen, are powerless to do much in the present frozen state of the northern countries."—Havas. succeeded in capturing a few Finnish advance gun positions, but the attack was halted by bitter Finnish resistance before the Russians could reach gun positions farther inside the Finnish lines, it was reported here last night.
All other Red attacks were repulsed with heavy losses to the Russian troops, it was claimed. "Thousands of dead and dozens of destroyed tanks littered no-man's-land yesterday as the battle continued in the Summa sector.
In the Kuhmo sector a Russian battalion was broken up and the Finns captured several machine gun nests.
North of Lake Ladoga the Russians failed to advance. The Koi-visto: batteries shelled all Russian attempts to attack along the ice of the Gulf of Finland, sinking several tanks, presumably by employing high-angle, plunging fre which smashed the ice beneath them, reports said.
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