Finns alleged to have recaptured Salla. They will also successful
in heavy fighting north of Lake Ladoga.
The British cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMS Achilles,
attacked the German pocket battleship
Graf
Spee in the South Atlantic HMS Exeter received damage
and fell out. The other cruisers continued the fight, the
Kriegsmarine ship was hit repeatedly in Montevideo harbour.
The British air ministry announced that two aircraft of coastal
command attacked two
Dornier
flying boats over the North sea and damage them. The British
Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters went up to intercept Luftwaffe
raiders of the east coast of Scotland.
It was reported that a U-boat was sunk and an German cruiser
torpedoed by British submarine that sighted the German liner
Bremen during her voyage from Murmansk.
The British air Ministry disclosed that British Royal Air
Force (RAF) security patrols maintained a dusk to dawn watch
over Luftwaffe. Mine laying aircraft bases in Heligoland Bight.
German rates and patrols increased on the Western front, but
were all repulsed by the French.
The League of Nations assembly adopted a resolution condemning
Russian aggression and calling on the league members to help
Finland.
The House of Commons held secret sittings to debate questions
concerning supply.
The German liner New York reached Hamburg from Murmansk.
Go To: 14th
December
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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