The Russian ski detachment killed in the Salla sector apparently belonged to the forces which the Russians have equipped in an effort io finish their penetration tactics.
Birger Vasenius, the world's skating champion, who was killed in action on January 2 on the Lake Ladoga front, was shot while leading a skating patrol sent to relieve the island patrol which had been attacked by superior Russian forces. He was the first in line when the relief patrol was attacked while cross. ing the ice and was hit by a Russian sharpshooter—United Press.
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