Teruel, Feb. 22.
Two units of regular Nationalist troops and one unit of legionnaires entered Teruel this morning after a night-long assault and opened a bloody street battle with Republicans.
A military spokesman in a position of authority said that this second battle of Teruel was the most intensive of the entire Spanish war. The Nationalists reported complete annihilation of defending Republican troops. Early this morning Nationalist units encircled the city and made contact with other forces on the banks of the Tuna River, In heavy fighting between Muela Teruel and the Tuna River, a position called El Trencheron was captured following a merciless charge in which tanks, grenades and bayonets played a part.
In a fierce aerial fight, Nationalist machines shot down eleven Republican planes. The greatest flier in the Nationalist air force, Sr. Carlos Dehaya, was killed in the encounter when his ship was heavily machinegunned and crashed to the ground in flames.
Reconnaissance fliers reported sight. ing heavy Republican reinforcements on their way to aid the beleaguered units in Teruel. The fliers believed the Lister division was among the fresh troops: Nationalist bombers then took to the air and heavily bombed up and down Cuenca Road on which the reinforcements were sighted marching, Nationalists claimed to-day ' that 1,000 Republicans had been killed and 1,500 captured in the second battle for Teruel.
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