Helsinki 1918 – telegram four


[telegram start]

11.4.1918 19:00

>> German navy bombard the port. Troops disembark. Fierce resistance by Red troops deployed earlier to deal with the Prison riots.

>> Red Press praises and exhorts the troops defending Leppävaara. Reds City Radio loudspeakers play Sibeliu’s Finlandia.

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