VIOLENT ATTACKS
REPULSED BY THE FINNS. SKI BATTALIONS DISPERSED. i Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) HELSINKI, February 7. A communique states that the Finns repulsed four violent attacks in the Summa sector, killing 1,500 Russians. They destroyed twenty tanks and also dispersed ski battalions north-east of Lake Ladoga, killing three hundred.
HELP FOR FINLAND BRITAIN’S CONTRIBUTION. (British Official-Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.47 a.m.) RUGBY, February 7. Mr Butler, asked in the House of Commons to consider the possibility of sending bombers and fighters with crews to aid Finland, said: “As already stated, measures had been taken to assist Finland with war material, including aircraft. I understand crews are readily available in Finland competent to fly any aircraft obtained by Finland.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1940, Page 5
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