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...Helsinki, capital of Finland, faces were sombre last week. No bombs fell: the pretty, deadly silver ships that droned far overhead passed the city by. No enemy warships threatened the mined, ice-locked harbor. No hostile army was within 200 miles. A tense, ominous quiet settled down over the capital as its inhabitants waited for news of the great battle that would decide the fate of Finland...
...bare 100,000 to man their Mannerheim forts and entrenchments-and they had no reserves. As the second week of battle drew to a close General Harald Ohquist's Karelian Army was exhausted but still confident. There seemed to be a lull in the onslaught, and in Helsinki people said the worst was over...
...Helsinki, for the first time in this war, officials openly admitted dismay. Said an officer of the General Staff: "In spite of the fact that the Russians are falling in tens of thousands, they always have more men to put in. That is why we need help. We need more men, more guns, more airplanes. . . . We rely on other civilized nations to do their utmost to relieve...
...Helsinki, the government called men of 42 and 43 to the colors, renewed its appeal for quick help from other countries. Foreign Minister Väinö Alfred Tanner accused the Russians of using poison gas and explosive bullets. President Kallio said bitterly: "If the world ignores us in our need, we have no choice but to fight to the last...
...Thar-Fust-With-The-Mostest-Men") Forrest and relies on frontal assault. Military experts predicted last month, when he was first reported in charge of the offensive, that he would recklessly risk tens of thousands of men (but none of his own Cossacks). If Field Marshal Budenny rides into Helsinki this year, Field Marshal Mannerheim will at last have met his match...