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Ie Russian divisions on the right had, before running mto l!Il'h resistance. succeeded in penetrating as far as Tohd .t)"\ i. At this point some of the fiercest fighting of the \l'ar 1 ,k place,' The Finns were able to regain the Tolvajar \'1 sel or on 13 December after practically destroying an entil, Rus~·dan division. They pursued the Russians to the Alttu 'ki River which line they have been able to defend agah t repeated Russian attacks. he second Russian threat of importance in this area Wa;, d~e along Lake Ladoga. They pushed to Salmi on 4 Deco Iber and by the 11th had r~ached Leppasilta, All atten. pts to advance further than that were repulsed by the Finn 1,
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Between these two main thrusts by the Russians, numerous attacks of little importance were made particular ly in the vicinity of Loimpla. Early in Janual'Y the Finns were holding the line: Pit· karanta-Loimola-Aitta.loki· ·llomantsi. At this time the Russians started moving reinforeements (the other two divisions from Petrozavodsk) up to the line, Hundreds of tanks and armored cars were concentrated in this sector-, to support attacks which were made daily' at many points along the 80-mile front, Deep salients were oreated, and the mobile Finnish re serves, moving to the flank of these salients, wrought un
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