4 February - DAY 67 of Winter War
Ladoga Karelia: Finnish troops wipe up the western 'motti' at Lemetti in the early hours of the morning, capturing a considerable amount of enemy material, including 32 assault tanks, 40 lorries, six field kitchens and the instruments of a military band. Only around one hundred enemy troops manage to break out of the 'motti' before its final destruction.
Northern Finland: the Russian Dolin ski brigade launches a counterattack in Kuhmo.
Central Isthmus: enemy artillery, aircraft and assault tanks shell the Finnish positions in Summa and Lähde.
Only in Summa village does the Soviet infantry attempt an advance, using its overwhelming superiority in numbers in an attempt to exhaust the Finnish troops, who are forced to fight and sleep in the open in temperatures of almost 30 degrees below zero.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Moscow's propaganda radio announces that Finland is continuing to hound its workers, with "officer devils" spurring their troops on to burn and loot working-class homes.
The Finnish Army is unable to find any more reserves or transfer those it has in time to cover areas where the Russians are threatening to break through.
Eastern Isthmus: Taipale enjoys its quietest night of the year. Less than 50 mortars are fired in 7th Division's sector.
Helsinki: children, the elderly, and the disabled are to be compulsorily evacuated from the city. Those who do not leave voluntarily will be forcibly removed.
Abroad: Paavo Nurmi and Taisto Mäki, the famous Finnish runners currently on a tour of the USA, attend a flag-raising ceremony in the Finnish pavilion at the New York World's Fair.
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Smouldering Russian dugouts. West Lemetti.
Daily losses: 153