The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
RUSSIAN HORDE
 STILL ATTACKS
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 along the Finnish defense line and the Leningrad military commurli- uues have bee more informative than in many weeks.
 Furthermore, the Red army needs a victory for purposes of morale and prestige. The difficult terraine, the extreme cold-noW gripping the country again-and the defensive skill of the Finnish high command has frustrated what originally ap- peared to be a comparatively easy conquest. Strategists say that de- spite the new cold wave, the win ter is the best time for an offensive on the Karelian 1sthmuS. When spring comes, they say, the thaw- ing of the lakes merely will increase the difficulties of the attacking forces and even the dry summer months offer little improvement in the avenue for attack through the lake country.
 While the Films continued to fight of the Red Army thrustS, Great Britain sent out 8 call for another 10000 volunteer fishermen yoeman trawlerS, drifters and sweepsweepers engaged in the war against Nazi mines and submarines at sea. Four more ships were lost in the last 24 hours at sea, one each by Britain, Norway, Sweden and EStonia.
 Films Smash Them Back
 Helsinki, Finland, Feb. 13-(UP) A war communique today said that Films had Successfully" counter-attacked Russian units on the Karelian Isthmus after repulS- ing new Red Army smashes against the Mannerheim line.
 Fighting continued on the Kar- elian Isthmus front, the commit nique said. The Red army has been pounding at Finnish defenses there for F days in what appeared to be a mighty offensive designed to break through to Viipuri.
 Twenty-three Russian tanks were destroyed in fighting yesterday, the communique said.
 Russian troops also were driven back on the Raate sector, the Films forcing them to retire across the Soviet frontier, according to the communique.
 Raate is on the central front, where the Russians recently have been attempting to advance.
 The communique also reported that most" of an enemy column of 100 sledges had been destroyed at Pitkaeranta Islands, on the north- east shore of Lake Ladoga.
 Finnish officials said that the Russians there were atetmpting to break through to relieve Red Army units trapped in that sector for some days. The Films last week stopped a Russian offensive at tempting to encircle the lake and strike at the Mannerheim line from the rear.
 Finnish successes also were re- ported ill the Kuhmo, Aittojoki and other sectors north of Lake Ladoga. Four Russian airplanes were brought down and another was re- ported shot down, the communique said.
 Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 13- (UP)-RusSia is using 30O,000 men in its Mannerheim line offensive, more than the total strength of the Finnish army, the newspaper Ber- lingske Tidende reported today in 8 dispatch from Helsinki.
 Russia's seventh army corps, made up of 12 divisions and includ- ing 1000 tanks, is conducting the offensive, it was said.
 Finnish reconnaissance planes re- port that more Russian troops are moving to the front, the dispatch said, an indication that the a tack is to be on an even larger scale.
 The Swedish News Agency, a Stockholm dispatch said, reported that the Films had captured several new type Russian super-tanks, weighing 70 tons and carrying three cannot turretS, each equipped with 8 three-inch gun.
 A United Press dispatch from Kirkenaes, on the Norwegian from tier of Northern Finland, reported that Russia had started a big scale airplane bombing campaign from bases in that area.
 Scores of Russian planes, flying in mass formation, were sen yes- terday from the frontier, the dis patch said, flying southward. It was believed that Royaniemi, gen. eral headquarters for the Finnish northeastern and northern armies, was the target.