THE WAR, STEP BY STEP
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12
Russian troops mass for a huge* attack in an endeavour to smash through the Mannerhcim Line. Finnish Intelligence report that 1,000,000 Soviet troops will shortly be available for the attack. Finns are rushing reinforcements to the Lake Ladoga and northern fronts and claim that 25,000 Russians were killed in Lhc first week of the war. •">. It has been discovered that women are nghting in the Russian ranks. Finnish airmen carry out a leaflet raid over Leningrad and Russians retaliate with bombs on Hanko. Finland officially appeals to the world for assistance. Norwegian tanker sunk by an explosion. Crew rcscued. Further British losses, the Steamer Navasota and Brandon being torpedoed, and the Corea mined. Another German steamer captured French communique reports nothing of importance on the Western Front. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. Finland appeals to the Assembty of the League of Nations for practical assistance. German aeroplane (lying over York shire at a great height driven off by R.A.F. lighters. According to an authorised statement the British Navy and Air Force destroyed five enemy submarines last week. Airmen decorated by His Majesty the King in the course of his tour of the Western Front.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 101, 15 December 1939, Page 2
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