London, Feb, 14 tre 10,000-ton 'British' oilianker Gretaneld was unie carly today" off the north-east const of Scotland: Twenty-eight members, of the eres were saved by hin trawlers. Thirteen are missing, Bighteen men taken to hospital, but none The ship burst after the Russ aofence link Russians. at Summa have lost from 30,000 to 40,000 men during the fourteen-day battle there, the Finns claimed. Finnish troops destroyed 200 Red tanks, including, one 70-ton tank, it was said.
General Headquarters statement aeseribed the fighting as the "miracle at Summa" accomplished against the heaviest arms ever seen on a front as small as ten miles, The statement compared the battle with that of the Somme and Verdun during the World War "On the Summa sector," the statement said, "the expenditure of shells several has been 300,000 daily." Vieious hand to hand fighting was seen on the front line Monday fight in which the Finns used short four-inch knives called "pukkas," it sti United Press.
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