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BEHIND A SCREEN OF ARTILLERY FIRE, SO FIERCE THAT NEUTRAL OBSERVERS DE- SCRIBE IT AS AN "IRon curtaIN,” THE RED ARMY IS LAUNCHING ATTÁCK AFTER ATTACK ON THE MANNERHEIM LINE. The Soviet drive is being made with terrific force, and just as soon as one attack is beaten off another is made, des- nite heavy losses.

The Finnish defences on the southern shore of Lake Ladoga are taking a terrific battering, but the hard-pressed de- fenders on the left wing have repulsed several waves of the Russian attack.

FINNISH LOSSES UNDER 10,000

Helsinki, To-day. The first authoritative estimate" of Finnish casualties was issued in Helsinki yesterday.

Finnish casualties are placed at $,500 in the whole campaign to date, of whom 2,500 were killed. Soviet casualties are estimated- at 150,000 killed, wounded, froz en to death, lil or deserted,——Rou- ter,

The Red artillery is firing at the rate of three to four shells a second, or 180 to 240 a minute.

Observers compare the fire with the heaviest barrages of the Great War, and add that the Finnish fortifications are standing up well to the rain of shella.

REDS WITHDRAW STORES On the north shore of Lake Ladoga the Finns are also repulsing Russian Lattacks. Over 1.000 Reds are said to have been killed in five assaults on the fortified lines.

North-east of Lake Ladoga the Rus- sians have lost 500 men and several tanks.

On the Salla sector the Russians are. withdrawing large supplies of ma- terials, hinting at a further retreat of their troops here.

VITAL RAILWAY BOMBED Seventeen Red planes yesterday bombed the vital railway Jins to #weden,, over which Finland Zobe tains most of her suppliekit

ASAMA CASE The commander

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Berne, To-day, Neutral 'prese reports from Fine land state that the Russian air tactics have shown a marked im- provement in the last few days. -

Swiss military observers aug. gest that Nazi airmen are now be Ing employed - In ~ the Red ́ali force-Reuter,

GENRO'S CONDITION

CRITICAL

Tokyo, To-day. "Prince Balonji, Japán'a elder states: man, is in a very dritical condition. complications resulting from an intestinal cold. Router.

He is suffering from

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Moscow, To-day. impressive Allied concentration” in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, is the subject of an article in the General Staff organ, "Red Star."

The article says such a concentration should not be. under-estimated in putting pressure on potential enemies in the Anglo-French bloc in the Mediterranean and Bal- kans.

These forces, under Generat Ways gand and General Wavell are, in fact, an expeditionary corps threatening Germany's southern – Hink, says "the "Red Star"

BALKAN FRONT

"This Balkan front does not yet ex- ist but its formation evidently forme part of the Anglo-French plans,

"The scale of the Anglo-French bloc's war preparations in the Neur East, with the parallel diplomatic pre- parations, leads us to think that we are not faced there by a mere diver- WEATHER FORECAST: North winds, sion but by far-reaching strategic

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