On Sat. 23 Dec 1939 At 0630 hours, 4 Finnish divisions counterattacked.....
At 0630 hours, 4 Finnish divisions counterattacked on a 28-mile front on the west side of the Karelian Isthmus, trying to trap resting Soviet forces in a massive encirclement; without support of anti-tank weapons or artillery pieces, it was repulsed by tanks; Finnish General öhqvist called off the attack at 1440 hours after suffering 1,300 casualties. Meanwhile, Captain M_kinen's 2 machine gun companies in the Finnish 9th Division attacked forward elements of the Soviet 44th Division, tying down the entire column of 15,000 troops and equipment.
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