Saragossa, Apr. 24.
Meeting with only feeble resistance, the Nationalists are advancing stead-fly on Valencia, one of the few big ports still in the hands of the Spanish Government, it is claimed today.
General Arands's forces are said to have reached. within thirty miles north-east of Castellon, which is only 41 miles north of Valencia.
At the same time, after a sudden swoop from north-east Teruel, Na-Uonalist troops, commanded by'General Sanchez, are reported to have captured Aliaga, 38 miles west of Merella.
"It is not a battle, it is a pursuit," declared General Varella, command ing the Third Column in the same operations, in an interview with Reuter—Reuter
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