Berlin, Feb. 15.
Several prisoners were made during reconnaissance activity today south of Saarbruecken, according to a German communique. It also claims that 58,- 000 tons of shipping were sunk by U-boats on February 14. This con-trests with the 31,000 tons mentioned a communique issued by the Admiralty in London.—Reuter. a communique officially admitted for the first time, but according to informed, private sources, many have been recaptured by the Finns using "pukkas" (short knives) and hand grenades.
The slight, slackening of the Russian effort, which was unofficially reported, "may mean only that the Russians are gathering forces for another onslaught, Nobody here yesterday believed that the battle of Summa was finished, but they believed that the next few days would tell the tale—United Press.
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