1940-03-06 — Page 44

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 6, 1940

Soviet Show Regiment "Cracked Up" By The Finns

DEFENDERS OF VIBORG STILL DEFIANT

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")

Helsinki, To-day. IT IS POINTED OUT HERE THAT the 34th Tank Brigade which has just been wiped out by the Finns was one of the Red Army's "show regi- ments.

GLOUCESTER FIGHTERS REACH FINNS

Stockholm, To-day.

It is learned authoritatively that the Gloucester-Gauntlet fighting 'planes,

released South Africa for the Finns, have arrived in Finland.

by

There has recently been a great speed-up in delivery of foreign aircraft and there are now more than 100, 'planes from America, France, Italy and Sweden in ac tion, including over 50 British fighters and bombers-Reuter.

It was always called on to parade in Moscow's Red Square whenever important visitors were present. They may have impressed the visitors, but they did not impress JAPANESE barricades for a month and then, when the Russians LANDING AT

the Finns, who let them shelter behind their tanks and

were reduced to eating their horses

communications

having been cut off, the Finns moved in and wiped them CHUNGSHAN

out.

The Finns were calm throughout the Brigade's material before and took no risks.

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At the end of the battle, they drove off Soviet 'planes trying to destroy

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FIGHTING CONTINUES IN STREETS OF VIBORG

the

Macao, To-day.

A few hundred Japanese landed on the east coast of Chungshan near Heung Chau and in Tongká Bay, accord- The Soviets are still having to fight ing to Chinese reports.

Helsinki, To-day.

for the ruins of Viborg, which has not not yet fallen, The main body of.

The landing took place in a dense

WINNING THE WAR

HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA),

TO-DAY.

"WINNING THE WAR IS NOW OUR FIRST AND MOST :- IMPOR- TANT CONSIDERATION," DECLAR- THE ED THE SPEECH FROM

CHIEF BY THE THRONE, READ JUSTICE, BIR JOSEPH CHISHOLM, AT THE OPENING OF THE LEGIB- LATURE YESTERDAY,

He added that many other matters of interest and advantage, to Nova Scotia must be postponed until that is achieved.

The speech revealed Scotia had taken steps to make

province's mineral

readily available for

| effort.-Reuter,

that Nova the

resources more Canada's war

BACK TO THE LAND

London, To-day. Thousands of acres are being turn- ed over in the most intensive agricul- tural effort this country ever known.

All over Britain in the past week,

tractors have been going where com ditions have permitted.

As Lord Denham stated in Parlia ment last week, they have been work

Finnish troops is now in the new demist following shelling by several Ja-ing right through the night. The best

fence lines north-west of the city and all Soviet attempts to outflank them across the ice of Viborg Bay have been beaten back..

was encountered-

Some resistance panese ships at 8 am. yesterday. when they were met by coastal units, but it is learned that no severe fight- ing occurred.

President Kallio yesterday tele-

The situation in the area is still ob- graphed his congratulations to Field- Marshal Mannerheim on the destruc-scure. Some reports state that the tion of the 18th Division and the 34th Japanese are advancing towards the Macao-Shek-ki highway with the ob- Tank Brigade.-Reuter.

be- ject of cutting communications tween the two cities, while other mes- sages claim that the landing party was only on a foraging mission.

Finnish Communique

Helsinki, To-day.

A Finnish communique states that on the Karelian Isthmus the enemy against the made attacks all day islands in Viborg Bay and on the north-western beach.

Fighting continued at most places other north of the Bay and at places attacks, have been repulsed. Fighting continues in the Kuhmo sector. Our troops repulsed Russian attacks and captured several enemy nests. Enemy losses were more than 500 killed.

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Enemy air activity was confined to some flights on the Isthmus and over districts north-east of Lake Ladoga, Enemy losses were three planes. Reuter.

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London, To-day.

In the House of Commons yester- day, Mr. Eden said that following an exchange of views with the British Government, the Government of for Newfoundland recently called volunteers for 1,300 men for service with the Royal Artillery.

The men will be trained in the United Kingdom and posted as soon as possible.

The call for recruits, had met with

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London, To-day.

Are brigade is being Britain and is expected

mit of £10,000 is being sent to

Tinland from file sociation. Reuter.

part of a million acres of the 1,500,000 acres allotted in England and Wales weather is ploughed already and, permitting, the two million which is the goal of this year's effort should be reached-British Wireless

acres

CALM DAY "ON THE WHOLE!!

Paris, To-day.

communique

Last night's. French

No official reports have yet been re- said there was a calm day on the ceived here.-Our Own Correspondent. I whole.

OFF THE RECORD

Reuter.

By Ed Reed

ED REED

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was the argument."

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