Endurance Rewarded in Recapture of Strategic Flank, Rich Booty; Red Onslaughts Weakening (COMPLETE destruction of the Helsinki, Feb, 20. Russian 18th Division, which was cut off from the Soviet main army on the front north-cast of Lake Ladoga some two weel ks ago, is claimed in a Finnish communique. Altogether 18,000 Russians were either killed or taken prisoner, Finland was subjected to mass air raids on Sunday when the number of Russian pli nes which flew over the country is believed to have been the hi ughest on record, and the Finns claim that at least 20 were brought down.
In a survey of the fighting on the Karelian Isthmus, where the hard-pressed Finns are having a much-needed rest following offense ive, neutral press correspondents declare that the Russian advance towards Viipuri (Viborg) means that the right flank of the Finn: Russia attacks on the left fla had succeeded, the strategic po: has been pushed back. If the north-cast_of Lake Ladoga sition of the Finns would have been extremely: critical.
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