Hendaye, July 25.
Nationalist headquarters at Salamance in a communique to-day. declared that the Republicans, in a suicidal effort to hold Brunete, lost 30,000 men, 89 aeroplanes and 35 tanks.
Their communique said that of 42000 picked men, including the cream of the famous International Brigades who started the Republican offensive on July 6, Gen. Jose Miaja had only 16,000 left, Thousands of reinforcements, however, have been thrown into the gaping Brunete salis ent from other central fronts.
Capture of Gen. Enrique Lister, who rose from a labourer on a road building gang to organize the People's Army of Republican Spain, was an-pounced by the Salamanca Nationalist headquarters. Gen. Lister, who was givenalerge share of the credit for the capture of Brunete when the Republican advance first began, was among 600 Republicans taken prisoners by the Nationalists. Because of his Leftist affiliations, it was virtually certain that Lister would be condemned to death before a firing squad.
Neutral reports reaching the border indicated that the Nationalists had regained the offensive west of Madrid at Brunete and eastward round Tereul Aided by 160 planes, the Nationalists also seem to have regained mastery of the air.—United Press.
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