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Show Finns Declare Waves of Russians Repulsed in Drive to Retake Base activity by both sides, th front was quiet on th Karelian Isthmus," Isth-mus," th bulletin said. "Th situation on the eastern front, northeast of Lak Ladoga, Is unchanged. "Attacks on Alttajokl were re-pulsed, re-pulsed, and 189 Russiana were taken prisoner. ''Mopping-up operations continued contin-ued in th Sualml area. "Three enemy attacks, with the aid of artillery and tanks, were repulsed In the Kuhmonieml sector. "Fighting is In progress on the Raale road east of Suomussslml, also farther north In the direction of Sails. "Guns of Koivisto fort fired on an enemy tugboat, and the crew fled over th ice. A Finnish patrol 4ook possession of th vessel, but It sank during the night. "Enemy aircraft bombed th Abo and Hango districts and certain localities in north Finland. No loss of Ufa was reported, and damagef was small. On Russian plan was shot down." Severance of soviet Russia's vital Leningrad-Murmansk railway line iCoetialM m Fas t, Cohua I) ' HELSINKI, Jan. 4 (INS) Red army forces today mad a series of desperate but futile attempts to recapture their Alttajokl base on Finland's eastern frontier. With th flow of Russian troops to the various fronts Impeded by breaches In th Murmansk-Leningrad railroad artery, tonight's official offi-cial Finnish communique showed decreased land activity save at Suomussalml and Salla, where Finnish Fin-nish pincers are fighting to do in on large Russian detachments. "Except for artillery and patrol WAVES OF RUSSIANS REPULSED, ; DECLARES FINNISH COMMUNIQUE been capturing great quantities of Russian arms, most of these ar useless for anything savs scrap. They hav been exposed to th cold and snow, It was stated, and damaged beyond any military usefulness. use-fulness. Th only useful Russian arms taken ar field guns. Most of th soviet warp lane captured by th Finn likewise hav been damaged, authorities added, but th Finns ar tearing them down and using them for spare parts. Finnish force on th eastern frontier have trapped still another soviet division near Klantajaervt, where on red army "anchor division" divi-sion" already has been annihilated, annihilat-ed, military advices to Helsinki stated today. Attack Bed Baa At th sam time It was reported report-ed reliably that Finnish airmen In th far north attacked a Russian Rus-sian bat at Lilnahamari. The new Russian division caught on th Suomuasalml front near Klantsjaervl was one rushed to 'th aid orn63rdKVlerTJ!Vp-slon, orn63rdKVlerTJ!Vp-slon, which was cut to pieces several sev-eral days ago after be In surround. tOisUaais mat Pass Oae) her much-vaunted "path of victory" vic-tory" Into Finland waa confirmed officially In Finnish military dispatch dis-patch today. Th railway waa heavily damaged, dam-aged, th maag asserted, and virtually "put out of use" by daring dar-ing Finnish ski patrols eooperat-V eooperat-V lng with Finland's rvtvtfled air aore. At th sam Urn it was estab-Z estab-Z Vshed that sisabl fleets of Fin-'I Fin-'I Blah plane had bombed and se-4 se-4 verely damaged Russian air bases on the Islands of Dago and Oasel i off th Estonian coast. Fast mod-A mod-A era planes recently received from SI England and Italy war reported it to have participated In the raids. Vj Cutting of th Leningrad-Mur mansk railway was regarded as crushing blow to th soviet. In t least on Instance heavy cas-alties cas-alties war reported when an entire Russian troop train, loaded with reinforcement being rushed to ttM front, crashed Into river where th bridge had been destroyed de-stroyed by th Finn. Resurgence of Finnish air attacks at-tacks on Russian base and th dropping of thousands of propaganda" propa-ganda" leaflets" on Leningrad and ether cltlea confirmed report that h 90 Spltflr plane sent by Ena ed by daring Finnish ski fighters. Th relief division haa now fallen prey to the battling Finn, who hav used th same swift-moving swift-moving tactics to aurround and cut it off from lta communications and supplies. Meanwhile, remnants of the 163rd division hav been driven back some 13 miles toward the soviet frontier from tha Suomus-salml Suomus-salml area. Most of tha original members of this unit, numbering some 30,000 red army men, were killed In what proved th most declslv battl of th war so far. i land and th 30 hug Savota bomber bomb-er dispatched by Italy had gone into action. Their actual part In th bombing of th Lanlngrad-Murmanak Lanlngrad-Murmanak railway line eould not b acrtaind definitely. Bridge Beprtd Down Flnniah headquarters asserted that a number of Important , bridge along th ofM-track lin had been irreparably smashed, Including In-cluding th on connecting Leningrad Lenin-grad with Uhtura Kern. Meanwhile. Russian artillery resumed re-sumed its hammering of th Man-nerhelm Man-nerhelm lin en th Carelian Isthmus, Isth-mus, with attack following attack In an effort to wear out th Finn. Military experts believed, how-ver, how-ver, that th lin would eontlnu to hoed out Indefinitely. As expected, Russian retnforc-tnatui retnforc-tnatui appear to be Inexhaustible. The Finns on th Mannrhlm lin idlspoa of on attacking unit after another, but ther ar always jnor to keep up th Incessant hammering. Meanwhile, military authorities aald that whll th Finns hav |