The positions given by today's Russian and German communiques are as follows:
In the Murmansk area, in the far north of Russia, the Russians say that the German drive is being held up, The Soviet communique also speaks of severe fighting at other points near the centre of the Soviet-Finnish frontier and says that German attacks on the Karelian Isthmus have been repulsed with heavy losses, In the Baltic area, the Germans claim that two of their columns are pushing beyond the Dvina River (Reuter.
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