Helsinki, Feb, 14, ATWEEN twenty and thi ty Russian warplanes yesterday bombed Borga, a town of 6,000 inhabitants on the coast thirty miles east of the capital.
Some twenty fires were started by incendiary bombs.
The number of casualties is not known, Borga contains no military objectives and shelters a number of refugees. A large number of Soviet planes were reported over other points on the coast yesterday.
Authoritative circles here, refer ing to the Russian claim to] Rave captured 32 defensive fo! fications on the Karelian Isthmus near Summa, said that during violent fighting, the Russians temporarily obtained possession of cert in fortified positions, which, subsequently were retaken by the Finns.
There was no question of Soviet troops penetrating into the Mannerheim Line, Russian attacks are being continued Jwith undiminished force in the Summa Sector, according to a communique issued' here last night.
At Muolajaervi, Petajarvi and Tai pole, it is stated, attacks were driven back, and Finnish troops undertook numerous successful _counter-attacks, At Toast 2% tanks were put out of action, the communique claims.
Norih of Lake Ladoga all Russian attacks were driven back, and at Pitkaranta the greater part of an enemy column of 100 vehicles was destroyed.
On Monday, it is stated, Finnish air forces took part in air combats and, addition, carried out reconnaissance Rights, besides bombing Soviet columns and bases, In the war zone the Russians have concentrated their sir activity on the front line and its immediate vicinity, over the Karelian fethmus and north of Lake Ladoga.
Finnish fighters and anti-aircraft ortillary yesterday chat down four Soviet "machines, according to confirmed reports, while a number of er confirmed cases ore reported Router.
Summa Fortresses Intact, Stockholm, Feb. 14.
An observer just returned from the Summa front confirms Finnish claims that the Russians Rave not made inroads into the Mannerheim Line in this sector. At some points, fighting raging over piles of bodies of Russian troops ying half-covered it, newly-fallen snow.
He states that If the Russians fait to Mannerheim Line no chance of resuming the offensive before early summer. February snowstorms will eon end the movement and thawing fee in the spring will make an advance practically impossible—Reuter. the Soviet offensive. The Finns are] continuing to hold out and destroyed no less than 200 Russian tanks during the past three days, 'The Summa sector is bearing the brunt of the Russian offensive, and it believed that at Iesst five' or six rissian divisions are' operating in that area. Although the situation is a serious one for the Finns, they are still holding their positions. " Soviet} long-range artillery batteries con tinued to bomb Viipuri yesterday, but did not cause great damage—Havas, Tactles indo (Swedish border), Feb, 14 speedy assistance is given the} Finns, the Mannerheim Line can hold out for weeks and even months, [Swedish military observers stated here today. These observers believe that having failed last December to outflank the Mannerheim Line, the Russians are now trying to break through by sheer weight of numbers. Launching attack after attack for the past twelve days, the Soviets have now reached the peak of their offend sive. Enormous quantities of material have been sent from Leningrad by way of the many roads existing in that regler estimated that no less than 400,000 Soviet troops are at present engaged in operations against. the Mannerheim "Line. 'The relatively' short front of 100 kilometres caused the Russian commanders to hurl all their troops against the Finnish positions and the Htustian High Command has ordered the soldiers to attack Jcontinvally. Under these. conditions the Russian soldiers quickly become Giscouraged and have to be relieved often Havas. irade at Summa"
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