Northern Finland: the remnants of the Dolin ski brigade are wiped out in Kuhmo by the evening. 1,700 of the 1,800 men in this crack Soviet brigade are killed. The Finnish troops capture a considerable haul of automatic weapons.
Photo: SA-KUVA
Finnish troops withdraw to intermediary positions on the Isthmus
- The rapidly deteriorating situation forces General Headquarters to concentrate more troops on the Isthmus.
- At 3.45 in the afternoon the Finnish troops receive the order to withdraw to the intermediary defensive positions on the Isthmus.
- By evening the troops have regrouped in their new positions with the enemy in close pursuit.
- The Finnish troops manage a controlled withdrawal everywhere apart from the Lähde road sector. Here the enemy breaks through the Finnish lines a little before midday and progresses as far as Kämärä station.
- In this sector, an inexperienced battalion of the 62nd Infantry Regiment facing the Russians is unable to withstand the preliminary artillery bombardment and the subsequent tank assault; it finally breaks up in panic, abandoning its position.
- The situation begins to look threatening in the evening when the Air Force reports an enemy tank column about one kilometre long on the road from Huumola to Kämärä. To the relief of the Finnish defences the column stops at Majajoki, presumably due to fear of possible mines and booby traps.
- Northern Finland: the remnants of the Dolin ski brigade are wiped out in Kuhmo by the evening. 1,700 of the 1,800 men in this crack Soviet brigade are killed. The Finnish troops capture a considerable haul of automatic weapons.
- A regular meeting of the Finnish Government and the President of the Republic discusses a legislative proposal for the State to provide compensation for bodily injuries caused by the war.
- Sweden: the evening paper Folkets Dagblad Politiken reveals Foreign Minister Tanner's secret trip to Stockholm and Sweden's decision not to support Finland. Swedish Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson confirms the report and insists there has been no change in Sweden's position.
- All 16 women members of the Finnish Parliament publish an appeal to the women of the world. The appeal ends by calling on the world's women to allow their husbands and sons to come to help the Finns win their struggle on behalf of freedom, humanity and justice.
- Abroad: Swedish construction workers donate 960,000 krona towards fighter aircraft for Finland.
- In Toronto, the Provincial Parliament of Ontario has asked the Canadian Government for permission to send to Finland the Canadian volunteer division which has already been assembled.