HALTED BY MINES
THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN KARELIAN FINNISH SECOND LINE REINFORCED. DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY PLANES. (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) HELSINKI. February 19. It is claimed that the Russian offensive against the Mannerheim Line has been halted at various points by land-mines. It is reported that fifteen tanks were blown up by mines in the former Finnish lines. Finnish reinforcements are relieving'the troops in the second defence line. The Finnish Air Force, reinforced by fresh machines, is seriously hampering the Russian rear communications. Finns exempted in peace time owing to ill-health have been called up. The Finns have brought down 412 Russian warplanes since the outbreak of war.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1940, Page 5
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