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FINLAND GIVES GERMANY GROUND BEFORE LAST MORE MASS ATTACKS
Helsinki, To-day.
AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE issued at midnight admits that the Red Army has made further ad- vances after severe fighting in the Lake Ladoga and Isthmus sector.
Ground was given at several points, says the com- munique, though most of the Russian attacks were repulsed.
Disastrous losses were inflicted on the Russians by the Finnish Air Force, reiuvenated by the arriv- al of Italian planes (and, it is believed, Italian! pilots), when a column of tanks and armoured cars was practically destroyed, forestalling an at- tack on another part of the Mannerheim Line. Moscow's continued claims to have The Soviet Air Force has been smashed through the Mannerheim | active with improving weather and the Line are again contradicated in Hel-important Finnish fort of Hangoe was sinki.
heavily bombed on two occasions yes- terday.
SHARP FIGHT FOR SMALL OUTPOST
Paris, To-day.
Nearly 250.000 men are now massed for the renewed offensive in the Kare- lian Isthmus, with Viborg as its prin- cipal objective.
DETERMINED ATTACKS Determined attacks are also taking place along the front north of Lake Ladoga, the aim being to outflank the Finnish defences in the Karelian Isthmus and to link up with the Red contingents in the Isthmus.
The Finns estimate that the total Russian casualties in the Petsamo re-
The French claim the vic- tory in an intensive minia-gion exceed 25,000. Violent attacks ture battle which raged by land, sea and air have been re- throughout 24 hours for pos- session of a small but highly important French outpost in the wooded Saarguemines
area.
The Germans opened with a ter- rific artillery barrage, shelling
the post with heavy stuff, and the French troops gave way slowly to the Ger- man forces following up the barrage.
· ́German occupation of the post ' lasted roughly four hours. The. Fränch artillery for miles "round concentrated on the 'post, com: polling the Germans to abandon the position, which. French in-
·fantry later re-ocoupled.
Increased patrol activity is noted in the Moselle, Saar River and Vos-
have ges sectors, and there
been sharp skirmishes in No-man's-Land,
Reuter.
SWEDISH STEAMER
SUNK BY MINE
Stockholm, To-day. The Swedish steamer Vindar has sunk, after an explosion caused, pre- sumably, by--mine-Her-crew.of.21. was rescued by a Norwegian vessel.—' Reuter.
WEATHER FORECAST÷North-East
winds, fresh: fine, cold.
Reuter. sumed on the Arctic battlefront.
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING
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HELSINKI, TO-DAY. DESPITE THE FINNS' MAG- NIFICENT RESISTANCE AND HAND - TO - HAND · FIGHTING, DURING WHICH AT ONE STAGE THEY THREW THE RED ARMY BACK FROM 6 TO 8 MILES, FINNISH TROOPS WERE FINALLY COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE IN VILLAGE. OF: SUOBALMI, THE VICINITY OF KAIKARI- JOKI, AFTER THE · SOVIETS HAD RUSHED IMPORTANT RE- INFORCEMENTS, AIDED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF AERO- PLANES, THE FINNISH HIGH COMMAND ANNOUNCES,
In the Petsamo region, the Finns continue to put up an heroic resistance, although, greatly out- numbered by the Russians, who have now landed special equip- ment designed for Polar fighting. In the meantime, it is reported that Soviet Russia has decided "viot to accept any offers whatever for mediation —even if Adolf Hitler himself should tender his "good offices,"
Havas.
IL DUCE TO JOIN PEACE OFFENSIVE?
Rome, To-day.
Rumour le circulating in Rome that Duce may support the German peace offensive at Geneva.
that
The rumours suggest Berlin is now ready to conclude peace on terms close to the Al- İled minimum demands, except that requirement which calls for the establishment of a German Government whose word can be trusted.
. No official confirmation Is forthcoming-Reuter.
HUNGARIAN MISSION
IN ITALY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day. The Italian press announces the ar- rival of an Hungarian military mis- sion.
THAN YEAR
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MÁIL") Berne, To-day.
Reliable reports from Ger- many state that at a confer- ence of prominent leaders of the Reich's heavy industry in November, it was admitted that the winter campaign 1940-41 would be fatal for Germany, since either a mili- tary defeat or a Bolshevist re- volution was bound to occur.
Other delegates
reported have asserted that only а rapid peace can save Germany from Bolshevism, while still others declar- ed that it was preferable to wait un- til next Summer in order to enable to score military successes which would permit the concluding of peace under 'favourable conditions.
are
to
It is understood that the majority finally rallied to the latter view.-- Havas,
NAZI PLANES NEAR
BRITISH COAST
London, To-day.
Machine-gun fire was heard in the air off the North-East coast- yesterday afternoon. Some time earlier, two planes, believed to be German, were seen flying high in the vicinity.
A challenge of these machines by R.A.F. fighters apparently explains the fring-Reuter.
mission consists of aviation experts According to "Popolo d'Italia," the only.--Havas.
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