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Red Capture of Koivisto Fortresses Paves Way to
Way Capture of
Viborg:
Second Largest City is
City is Threatened with Complete Destruction FINNS MAY SET
SET UP NEW DEFENCE LINE BEHIND THREATENED CITY
Fall of Viborg May Be Disaster For Defenders, Experts Believe
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
LONDON, FEB. 21 (UP).-IN VIEW OF THE STRATEGIC SITUATION IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT THE FINNS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY MAJOR EFFORT TO DEFEND THEIR SECOND LARGEST CITY, VIBORG.
KOIVISTO FORTS
FALL TO
TO REDS
Since the Russians pierced the Mannerheim Line, the Finns, it is believed, have withdrawn to new defence lines which are
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LONDON, Feb. 21 (UP).-Radio-Moscow officially announces that the Russian forces which broke through SIANS the Mannerheim Line south of Summa have captured the city and fortress of Koivisto.
Koivisto is the gateway to Viborg (Viipuri), second largest city in Finland.
The fortresses guard the sea entrance to Viborg which, if the Russian claim is substantiated, is now seriously compromis.
ed.
Fighting has been on a tremen- dous seale, the desperate Finns contesting every inch of ground,.
The Russians are using their i mechanized units to considerable effect and, in addition, are attacking the Finnish positions from the air on a_scale that makes previous aerial offensives in world history child's
play
The Finnish air foret, inadequate as it is to take of for aerial combat! with overwhelming numbers of Rus- віпп machines, is giving battle wherever possible in un effort to stem the Russian bombing and straf- Ing raids
The Russians claim that 47 Fin- nish pursuit planes were brought down in aerial combat during yes-Į terday.
Unequal Contests
The Russian communique slates
THE FORTRESS OF KOI- VISTO, WHICH THE RUS-
CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED, WAS THE FORMER MANNERHEIM LINE "ANCHOR" ΤΟ THE GULF OF FINLAND.
If the Russian claim is true-and it is denied by authoritative Finnish sources in Helsingfors-the Red Army will be able now
Germany's to advance on Viborg across
the frozen harbour.
JOENSUU
Shrapnel
Bursts
LENINGRAD
Overhead:
Ships Subjected to Intensive Strafing
NAZI BOMBERS SWOOP
ON
ENGLISH
COAST
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
CHAMPIONS DAY AT VALLEY
1163 WAS A LUCKY NUMBER
An investor
who holds Cash Sweep ticket No. 1163.
won
major prizes in the first two races at the Valley to-day.
The ticket, believed to be a through number purchased be- fore the season started, drew Mount Hope Bay in the first race, and won $1,598.80.
In the next event the same ticket drew Boolut Bay which, however, was beaten on the post by a short neck for first pince, by aranis outsider, National Pride. A Boolat Day win would have netted the investor an additional $1,853.40.
However, ns Boolat Bay ran second, the Investor gains an additional $472,40, or a total of $2,071 for the two wins.
National Pride, which defcpted. Boolat Bay, paid $100.00 for a win- the then highest dividend of the An- nual Meeting--and $29.10 for a place. In the next-race, however, Ajax. won from Happy Landings by a short
LONDON, FEB. 20 (UP).—GERMAN WAR PLANES SWEPT OVER THE head to pay $281.20 for a win and Military experts here are EAST AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF ENGLAND TO-DAY SEEKING TO $60.00 for a pince.
Threat To of the opinion that the fall ATTACK SHIPPING AS A MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL Ladies Pure to S. C. Liang after the
Sweden
Amazing Allegation Against Hitler
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20 (UP). — Accusations that that the retreating Finns have been Germany had threatened to forced to abandon large quantities of involve Sweden in a general To-day's Finnish communique re- War if the Swedes actively! mains silent on the threat to Viborg, participated in the military but claims that elsewhere on the Isthmus front the Russians are being defence of Finland, were made in leading Scondina- vian papers to-day.
war materials,
held.
Finnish Communique
An official communique states that
were repulsoxi.
the attack yesterday between the They stated that the Gulf of Finland and Moulalinery declarations by the Swedish In the east of the Karelian Isthmus Prime Minister and King the enemy attempted to advance on Gustav did not reveal the Lake Suvanto towards Voosula but} he was stopped on the lee and retired precise
the communique.
reasons why the
after suffering heavy losses, atates | Swedish Government con- The Finnish troops on the north-sidered it would be drawn east side of Luke Ladoga continued into a war.
to mop up the enemy positions and
bent off all the Soviet counter-attacks. However, observe the news- Russian Positions Captured papers, it is clear that some The Finns captured several Rus-country, or countries, have been lan positions at Kulimo.
The Finnish coastal batteries dis- threatening Sweden with war, persed an enemy detachment which, and it is generally known that supported by tanks, tried to advance on Lake Ladega. The enemy lost Germany was the country, to do
200 men.
013
HO.
No Pressure
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEQNAPH"
of Viborg, would be a major BRITISH ACTION AGAINST THE ALTMARK.
BEGINNING
ON SATURDAY
SHIPS OFF THE NORFOLK, NORTHUMBERLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE AND SUFFOLK COASTS WERE SUBJECTED TO INTENSIVE RAIDS THIS AFTERNOON, THE MINIATURE 'BLITZKRIEG' INAUGURATING A FRESH ONSLAUGHT ON BRITISH COASTAL SHIPPING.
According to German claims, the Nazi planes also carried out reconnaissance flights over the Scottish coast as far north as the Shetlands. GERMAN CLAIMS
The Telegraph TURKISH
|
announces a new series
of articles on
DEFENCE
THE WAR MEASURE
It is claimed by Berlin that two British minelayers and one merchant ship were sunk, but no confirmation of this can be obtained in British official circles.
The Germans also say that their entire fleet of planes |returned safely to bases.
written by Somerset
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Maugham, the famous
The London aren, too, it is officially stated by the Air British novelist and
ANKARA, FEB. 21, (DO-Ministry, was subjected to an enemy attack which lasted about MEI)-TURKEY IS ADOPT-a quarter of an hour,
ed in an official announcement mode playwright whose ING DEFENCE MEASURES
have
The air raid warnings were in London to-day, which shows that works
been AGAINST A "THREATENING sounded and anti-aircraft fire totalling 80,077 tons were lost during five British and 15 neutral ships. translated into almost SITUATION" IN THE NEAR was heard.
the seven days ending last Sunday. overy language.
EAST.
This is the largest merchant ship- ping loss of any week since the out-
MR. SOMERSET MAUGH- AM'S ARTICLES WILL DEAL WITH HIS IMPRES. SIONS OF THE WAR
i
The elty of London, however, was
Following immediately on the neither distarbed by raid alarms nor heels of the invocation of the the sound of anti-aircraft gunnery.
There seems little doubt that the Defence of the Realm Act yes-Nazi planes scored some mensure of terday, the Turkish Government success on shipping along the to-day announces the inaugura-const.
Lifeboats tion of a Supreino War Council.
were
break of war.
Naval circles attribute the losses
to unrestricted U-boat warfare.
Miss R. Vickers presented the Jockey Cup, the presentation taking place on the steps in front of Sir V. Grayburn's box, Mr. Llaug was in- troduced by Mr. T. E. Pearce. He presented Miss Vickers with a bau- quet of yellow gladioli and blue Iarkspur,
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THE LUCKY NUMBERS
Cash Sweep Winners
At The Valley The following lucky numbers came up at the Valley to-day.
ПАСЕ 1
No. 1103
341
$1,500.00 466.00 220,40
112 Unplaced poules ($50 euch!): Nou.
The sinkings brought the total Allied and neutral losses since the beginning of the war to 1,059,768 11, 2004, 1898, 2073, 2105, 3232,
cast
were launched from
tons. The Council is to be called into Norfolk after a report had been re-
The Admiralty list of the sinkings ceived that, sleamers
being Includes two The distinguish-session immediately.
neutral ships not ed novelist has just Concurrently with this decision, it bombed by planes 30 miles off the previously mentioned: the Finnish
(coast.
steamer Wijn of 3,306 tons, which completed an oxtended is announced that a party of any
5.0.5. Picked Up
was sunk by an explosion on Febru
and tour of Franco, in the British military experts have arrived
at Adrianople.
An S.OS. from one of the attack-ary 17, the crew being saved,
Sangsind course of which he has
They are to participate in the con-led vessels was picked up by radio the Norwegian stemmer
(4,207 tons), which was torpedoed on soon overy aspect of struction of frontier fortifications listeners along the Norfolk coast.
Residents along the southeast February 18. Twenty-one members coast of Essex heard the rattle of of the crew and one passenger were machine-gun fire, and it is believed saved. but it is not yet known whe- that it was the sound of raiders ther all on board were rescued.
under strafing one of the ships
Convoy Success silack
It is also officially revealed that Alr raid warnings sounded through- during the week under review, 100 eat southeast Essex, und the ull- PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. clear was not given untli 30 minutes Later.
the French war effort, near Adrianople and Kirk-killissch His articles will appear Turkey is putting this work into hand
Immediately. exclusivoly in this nowspaper.'
........................................ | GERMANS CROSS
The Finnish coastal batteries the north-east side of Lake Ladogn destroyed the ammunlilon stores and battery of the heavy Soviet artillery,
OSLO, Feb. 20 (UP)-Denying blow to the Finns, almost THE PACIFIC The Finnish air forces continued to attack columns of men and troop con at the Norwegian Government had fatal in its consequences. centrations and carried out success-acled with pressure from any skle in
the Altmark affair, M. Kõhi, the HEAVY FIGHTING RAGES fully many bombing, fights. There Norwegian Foreign Minister, in a were neveral air buttles.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Feb. A message from The Hague soya 120 (Reuter) The Japanese that has been officially announced that a German warplane was sighted statement in reply to Mr. Chamber- According to messages steamer, Helyo Maru, salled last above the town of Leeuwarden this Six Planes Brought Down Inin, said that the Norwegian Govern- from Helsingfors, heavy Inight with 80 or 40 German sca-afternoon. Russian Air Force activity. con-ment recognised the Altmark as
Dutch aeroplanes ascended and They tinued on a big scale, several small warship and, us such, the vessel could fighting is raging along all men on board.
Most of these Gerthan seamen were pursued the German machine. villages being bombed but so far only not be searched.
Finland war fronts.
formerly employed on Standard Oil fired at the interloper which fed in seven people are reported killed and
Furthermore, M. Kohto quoted Bri- The official communique claims Company tankers on the east coast. the direction of Germany.
Hoavy U-Boat Toll six wounded: A
Six, Russian planes were certainly tlah text books, which he claimed, that Red attacks on the Karelian They are returning home via the Far
which German The serious toll Enst, preferring to risk possible brought down. The loss of six others showed that prisoners may be trans- has been reported but not yet con-ported inside neutral territoral waters fathmus and north of Lake capture in the Pacific rather than in imines, submarines and planes
PLEASE Turn To Pago 7.
PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. the Atlantic.
taken during the past week is revent-
Anned
have
NEUTRALS
WARNED
LONDON, Feb. 1 (Reuter) According to the Copenhagen · Correspondent of the "Dally Ex- Press," Germany is expected to in- form to Scandinavian, cóuntries. Holland and Belgium that the must stop trailing with the Allies or else faco› unrestricted“. U-Boat warfare and "milliary, setion".
RACE 2
No. 712
H
1103
501
$1,653.40 472.40 230.20 Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 734, 2570, 3118, 3309, 3549, 3234, 1601, 143, 2011.
RACE 3
No. 3275
1778
3633
$1,709,80 502.00 251,40
Unplaced ponies ($80 each): NoL. 2604, 1202, 247, 1077, 025, 041, 3751, 1017, 1880.
RACE 4
1.-2422
$1.814.40
2-2727 3,-4014
$10.40 200.20
Unpineed ponies ($50 each): 1470, 148, 100, 2210, 4040, 2373, 1840, 410,
238..3423, 300, 447.'
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RACE B
No. 4510 3417 :077
$1,008.40 1,658.40 375.20
Unplaced ponies (880) cach):: Now, 001, 1220, 510, -2407.2 2422432
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