FAVOURING FINLAND.
CAMPAIGN ON NARROW FRONT. ADVANTAGE BY GUERILLAS., j (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) v . LONDON, December 4. Finnish circles' in London feel that 'tho military situation is developing in of Finland, whose legation emthat her approach to Moscow through the Swedish Minister is no ; gesture of surrender, since she will not accept jeopardisation of her independence. ■- - - - ■ ■ ■ _ ■ The optimism regarding the campaign relies -largely on the frontier of ; the Karelian Isthmus being so narrow that it is defensible by as many soldiers as Russia, could deploy in at tack. Already Russia’s advance has been stemmed in this area, while elsewhere . only guerilla tactics can be employed,' fpr which the, Finns, who have been,,Jraiped on , skis since childhood, are notably well prepared. The Russian claim to the occupation of the England, '• Seiskeri, Lavansaafi and Tytarsaari islands after naval battles is derided in London, where the “battles’’ are described as a salvo from Soviet warships, over vacant islands. '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 47, 5 December 1939, Page 5
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