TERRITORY OCCUPIED.
SMALL DAMAGE AT AIRPORT. PLANES DRIVEN OFF AT FORTRESS, (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 13. . Moscow reports state that Russia' still refuses to acknowledge the invasion, although bombardment on the frontier is jjicreasing. The Finnish legation has requested its lnissez passer, thus far, without response. The numbers of Russian pianos taking part in the raids has been comparatively small. The largest unit, which numbered 20, attacked Wiipuri. The planes 1 attempted to bomb the Sveaborg Fortress but were driven off. Havas News Agency (.Paris) states that tho Rybaehi Peninsula and the Island Seiskari, in the gulf of Finland, have been occupied by Soviet forces. The Finnish Ministry Defence reports that two Soviet aeroplanes were shot down, one near Helsinki. The Havas Agency states that tho damage to the Helsinki airport was small. ———'• - \ FIFTEEN-MINUTE AIR RAID. SEVERAL HUNDRED CASUALTIES. (Received This Dav, 10 a.m.) HELSINKI, November 30. It is unofficially estimated that several hundred were killed or wounded in a 15-minute raid at 2.45 p.m.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 44, 1 December 1939, Page 5
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