The Nationalists claimed that a steady stream of Republican deserters continued to flow into Nationalist territory in the Asco sector.
The Republicans were also having difficulty in bringing up supplies because of aerial attacks and this factor revented Republican troops in front lines from possessing ample food supplies, the Nationalist headquarters asserted.
The Republicans in the Gandesa region reported that their morale was high despite losses. The Nationalists failed in attempts to recapture pos tions which the Republicans captured between July 25 and July 30, the Republicans said.
The Nationalists attacked at the Sierra los Cabbalos sector of the Gandesa front but stiff resistance by the Republicans forced, them to retreat and the Republicans counterattacked and captured several new positions, the Republican headquarters claimed.
Powerful, defensive tactics checked Nationalist attacks along the Corbera-Tora road and turned the attacks into routs, the Republicans asserted.
Nationalist forces suffered losses amounting to 25,000 since July 30 on the Ebro front, the Republican headquarters estimated.—United Press.
Among those who arrived yesterday in the s, Empress of Asia, from Vancouver and Japan, were:—
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