MUCH DESTRUCTION.
LITTLE MILITARY PROGRESS. FINNS ADMIT ONLY ONF. LOSS. ' (Received This Da,y, 11.30 a.m.) HELSINKI, December 1. Though destruction was wreaked by air in various towns, the second day of the invasion of Finland afforded the Russians little material military progress. An eye-witness said that the air raids were concentrated on industrial centres and railway junctions in South Finland. Ono bomb demolished a stationary tram. Finnish reports admit -only one Russian success, namely, at Petsamo, where troops dropped by parachutes cut off the defending Finns and captured the town. \
The batteries protecting Helsinki claim to have sunk a Soviet warship at Hanko, which has still not surrendered despite three hours’ shelling.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 45, 2 December 1939, Page 5
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