7 March 1940 - DAY 99 of Winter War
Following preliminary artillery drumfire, the Soviet force on the Isthmus launches an assault and breaks through the Finnish backline positions in Tali, advancing thereafter in the direction of Tali village.
The Soviet troops make several local breakthroughs, which are successfully contained.
A new group, the Hamina Group, is formed to give added strength to the defence of Viipurinlahti bay. The command of the new group is entrusted to Major-General E. Hanell, who is to be directly responsible to Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim.
In Taipale, an enemy battalion attacks the Terenttilä stronghold.
Finnish losses on this comparatively quiet day in Taipale are 10 dead and 35 wounded.
The attacking Russian force in the Sintolanniemi sector is completely destroyed.
In Ladoga Karelia, Detachment Alfthan cuts the supply lines of the Soviet troops in Lavajärvi village.
The enemy launches yet another attack in the Kollaa sector. The 69th Infantry Regiment nevertheless manages to hold its ground.
In the far north, a Red Army regiment overruns the Finnish defensive positions at Nautsi in Petsamo. Nautsi's one and only house is raised in the Soviet Union's war bulletin to the status of "the town of Nautsi".
Detachment Pennanen's losses in Petsamo total 33 dead, 87 wounded and 67 missing in action.
Abroad: Finland's delegation to the Moscow peace talks arrives in the Russian capital in the early evening.
British volunteers swear their oath to Colonel Kermit Roosevelt in the Finnish Aid office in London.
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Castle of Viipuri and its guard.
Daily Finnish losses: 538