Evening star., 1940-02-22

By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Feb. pa Red Army
attack near the Kamara railway
station, a communication center II
miles southeast of Viipuri on the
Karelian Isthmus. was repulsed,
the Finnish high command reported
today.
The Russians lost 1000 dead in
continued fighting at Taipale, at
the eastern end of the isthmus de-
tense line, the communique declared.
Today's was the first admission by
the Firms that fighting had reached
the neighborhood of Kamara, al
though the Russians previously had
reported their forces driving
through that station on the main
tsthmus railway to Viipuri.
13 Planes Reported D0wned.
The Finnish command declared
that the fighting on both sides of
the Mannerheim system across the
isthmus had ragged far into last
night. A large number of tanks
were reported destroyed and 13 Red
Army planes shot down.
The communique said more Rus
sian strong points and 200 prisoners
were captured on the battlefield
northeast of Lake Ladoga, where
earlier this week the Red Army's
18th Division was reported de-
stroyed.
With a blizzard raising Finnish
hopes of stopping the Russian mill
tary machine. Finland called the
classes Of 1894 and 1895-men "A to
46 years old-to report to mobiliza-
ton centers. The three preceding
classes were mobilized last week.
The Finnish high command re-
ported new scouting flights behind
the Soviet lines and bombing raids
on Red Army troops by night.
In continued aerial activity over
the war zone, the Firms said sew
eral Russian formations with as
many as so planes each had been
sighted.
Finns' Weakness Emphasized.
The Soviet Russian strategy of
smashing at both extremities of the
Mannerheim Line while maintain
ing active pressure along its whole
length, emphasized the Finnish
problem of defense with thin-spread
forces everywhere numerically in
ferior.
After concentrating near the
western end of the line on the Ka-
relian Isthmus and forcing Fin
nish withdrawal to new positions,
the Red Army was reported to have
thrown two divisions apparently
10000 to $4,000 mem against the
Taipale sector. eastern terminus of
the fortified zone.
The Firms said that despite strong
artillery and aircraft support, the
attackers were hurled back. and de-
MED at the same time that the
Russians had captured Koivisto, the
lines big anchor" battery on the
Gulf of Finland.
GA Russian communique de-
clared nothing of Importance"
occurred at the front, but that
176 Finnish defensive fortifica-
tions had been taken in the past
three days, Including the Koi-
visto fortress area" Soviet planes
"acted against the enemy's troops
and military objectives," the
communique said, and Is Finnish
planes were shot down in COM
bat.)
Blizzard Defense Asset.
A blizzard, the first this month,
was counted as a defensive asset
by the Films, who repeated their
story of heavy Russian casualties
and light losses for themselves.
February normally is a bitter, snowy
month in this region, and the wors-
ening of the weather is described
as lending new heart to the hard
pressed Firms.
Despite the weather, Soviet bomb
ers continued to raid Finnish cities
and towns yesterday.
Wade Werner, chief of the As
sociated Press staff in Finland, was
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