FINNS FALLING BACK
BEFORE VIOLENT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE APPROACH TO* NORWEGIAN BORDER. AIR BOMBING IN NORTHERN AREA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. 'Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON. December 14. The British United Press Bergen correspondent says the Finns have fallen back within two miles of the Norwegian border. A Kirkenaes message states that the Russians are rapidly approaching S<mijarvi, which the Finns are evacuating, falling back on defence lines further south. Five towns .are ablaze and a vast region is covered with black smoke. A violent Soviet offensive continues in North Finland, accompanied by continuous bombing of the nickel centres of Kolochoki and Salmijarvi.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 8
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102FINNS FALLING BACK Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 8
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