Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Field Marshal reported to have
taken over command on Karelian Isthmus front.
Russians continued their attacks here, first bombing Finnish
troops by aeroplane, accompanied by heavy artillery fire,
then pushing forward succeeding waves of men, all along the
line Finns claimed that all attacks were repulsed.
The British Admiralty announced the loss by enemy action of
the trawler's HMS Robert Bowen and HMS Fort Royal, with a
loss of four officers and 18 ratings.
The Swedish government protested to Moscow against the sinking,
on 5 February 1940 of the Swedish steamer Wirgo by Russian
bombers.
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