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From the railroad town of Kämärä the main body of the army began closing in on Säiniö, which a spearhead had reached last fortnight (TIME, Feb. 26). Then, veering to the left, the attack beat against the Finns' right flank guarding the Gulf and the fortress of Koivisto. Over the clean new snow, waves of Russians crouching behind their tanks swarmed over the Finns' weakened positions. Above the fog 200 Russian pursuit planes circled to keep off Finnish aircraft. On the 21st day of battle the Russians reached the Gulf...
...vital Summa sector, where the villages of Summa and Kamara guarded the road and railroad to Viipuri (see map}. Simultaneously they attacked in the middle of the isthmus, trying to force the defiles between the chain of isthmus lakes and encircle Lake Muolaa. This action, if successful, would flank the defenders of Summa. At the same time the Russians hit both ends of the Mannerheim Line, along the Taipale River on the east and, on the west, across the frozen Gulf of Finland in an effort to silence the murderous batteries at Koivisto. The Russians used tanks, armored sleds...
16th Day. The Russians reached Kämärä and hammered against the Finnish right flank that cut them off from Koivisto. Between Lake Muolaa and the Vuoksi River the Finnish lines broke. Muolaa village fell and the Russians poured into the narrow strip of land just west of Lake Muolaa. Around the north shore of the lake they pushed and, with only flat ground ahead, they soon made contact with the divisions at Kamara. This broke the back of the Mannerheim Line...
...debate on an agricultural subsidy bill in Parliament last week, David Lloyd George declared: "Food . . . is our weakest flank...
...usual, the Chinese let the narrow Japanese finger reach towards its objective, Nanning, expecting to flank and cut it later. But the Chinese miscalculated, and let the Japanese reach their objective. The Japanese at once began bombing the lifelines, including the French-owned railway from Indo-China...