GREAT BATTLE
THE VIIPURI FRONT CITY RAVAGED BY FIRE WHOLE BLOCKS AFLAME RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) HELSINKI, Feb. 28. The great battle for Viipuri, where whole blocks are aflame, raged throughout the day. The Russians have been reinforced •11 along the isthmus. Fighting in the coastal area continues on a narrow front, and precludes the full development of the Russian strength, but enables continuous maintenance of the offensive, while the Finns lack adequate reinforcements. A Finnish communique claims that they repulsed the enemy northeast of Lake Ladoga and at Kuhmo and elsewhere. The Finns assert that they have shot down 521 Russian planes and destroyed or captured 1310 tanks since the outbreak of hostilities. Three hundred Hungarian volunteers are en route to Finland. The first Canadians have arrived. The Finns enthusiastically greeted the new fighting planes, which presumably include British machines.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24236, 1 March 1940, Page 7
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