Lack of fighting on all fronts was confirmed by the Republican military officials at Barcelona, Only minor artillery duels in Gaieta sector and the reconnoitring over Nationalist lines by Republican planes marked the day's activity, they said.
Nationalist planes raided the port of Denia and destroyed four buildings in addition to bombing several positions south of Barcelona.
Despite the calm on the Ebro front, the Nationalists were reported to have inflicted heavy losses, forcing the Republican forces to protect themselves in dugouts and subterrancan defence works, thus preventing surprise attack:
Bombing in this sector by Nationalist planes was said to be most effective, resulting in disruption of supplies and prevention of columns of reinforcements from reaching their objectives.
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