Barcelona, Apr. 24.
In order to check General Franco's southward advance along the coast, The Republicans have decreed. the mobilization of every male between the ages of 18 and 43 in the province of Castellon—Reuter, Spanish Republicans Rally reins 10 mE "HON."
Burgos, Apr. 23.
No fewer than 38 different nation: alities have been tabulated among batch of 582 volunteers of the Inter-ational Brigade, who were taken Drisoner in the' recent "fighting at Catalonia. The men came from regions as far apart as Teeland and the Philippines and included 141 British subjects and one Chinese Meavy Reinforcements Hendaye,. Apr. 22 Heavy reinforcements of Republican troops from Madrid were reported today to have slowed Gen. Francisco Franco's drive to extend and consolidate Nationalist positions along, the Mediterranean coast.
Republicans and Nationalists were both reported fighting bitterly in the Castelion zone, 47 miles south of Tortosa. Apparently the Republican Army halted. a. two-pronged Nationalist attack on the Alboeacer-Aleala de Chivert highway; The Barcelona Government drafted nearly 100,000 civilians to fortify the Negrin line in a last defence cast of} the Ebro and Segre Rivers, hoping to withhold Gen. Franco's final victory by massing 320,000 veterans and re-emils in a human wall.
A radio broadcast from Salamanca announced Nationalist warship sank a Meet of fishing boats transporting, militiamen from the Tarragona sector, The ships were sunk after several of the militiamen were imprisoned, the report stated—United Press.
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