Barcelona, Mar. 26.
Republican Spain has been thrown into considerable excitement by an official communique that a German cruiser, resembling the 10,000-ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, and two German destroyers have been observed off Sabinal Point with seven loaded merchantmen.
According to Spanish Republican authorities, the merchantmen e probably bringing troops and material io "Majorca, the largest of the Balearic Isles.
A warplane from the cruiser, states a report from the Coastal Defence Service in Almeria, made a reconnaissance flight two hours after the group of ships had been sighted—Reuter, concentrations were Quinto and Alcaniz.
Outmancuvred, but fighting desperately, the Republican troops were beaten back everywhere except vt Alcaniz where the Nationalist drive was being turned back.
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