The Russian government refused the league of Nations offer
to mediate in the Russian and Finnish conflict. Russians gained
ground in central Finland and threatened lines of communication
between North and South. The Finns lost Salla, Kirovsk, and
Kandalaksja. The Russian advance in Karelian Isthmus was held
up.
German attacks on the Western front were repulsed.
The British vessel, King Egbert was sunk in the North sea.
The British collier Marwick Head hit a mine off the east coast.
The Swedish steamer Toroe hit a mine off Falsterbo.
The German steamer Bolheim was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia
by gunfire from a submarine, believed to be Russian. German
liner Bremen arrived in port from Murmansk, after having been
sighted by British submarine which, by the rules of sea warfare,
was precluded from torpedoing her without warning.
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