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World War" which was still raging last night, the Finnish General Headquarters asserted yesterday.
It was reported that the Finns evacuated certain advanced positions in the Summa sector, The evacuated positions were mostly machine-gun posts in no-man's-land which the Finns left under the pressure of Russian attacks. Several posts were regained by Finnish counter-attacks after the Russian attacks broke on the solid defence lines.
The 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 tonk, it was said.
A General Headquarters statement described 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 in several days has been 300,000 daily." Vicious hand to hand fighting was seen on the front line Monday night in which the Finns used short four-inch knives called "pukkas," it was said.—United Press.
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