THE FINNISH CAMPAIGN.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15087, 2 June 1919, Page 5

THE FINNISH CAMPAIGN.

PETROGRAD MENACED FROM TWO SIDES.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association;

(Received June 1, 11.5 p.m.) . ~ London, May 20. A I«-Qsco.w wireless message state! tuati Finnish troops are landing on th< oast coast of Lake Ladoga. The Finnish operations in the Olonetz region coupled.with the operations on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, indicate, that the enemy intend to develop a pincers movement, squeezing Petrcgrad from east and west. ; The War Office reports that Russian infantry occupied Povyenets, a% the northern extremity of Lake Onega. The Bolsheviki before evacuating removed all males over fourteen.