Saragossa, Nov. 20.
It can now be established that the 3!$-month Ebro battle, which is now definitely over has left the frantic system of concrete fortifications which, in effect, were first-class air raid shelters, in which the R2publicans found themselves comparative-between the two zones exactly as|lY safe against artiller; or air bom-they were on July 24, when the battle opened. and Spain poorer by 100.000 men killed and. wounded.
The Republicans claim a victory because General Franco is no nearer Valencia, but it is a pyrrhic victory. as the Nationalists claim that the Republican losses are twice as great as theirs and that the Catalan army has been dealt a shattering blow. bardments.
The Nationalists, at a cost of thousands of tons of explos also learned this lesson and finally came to the conclusion that the most effective weapon against man was man and that infantry, armed with bayonets and grenades. could penetrate where artillery and aviation were helpless.
General Franco, accordingly, group-
The battle was remarkable for the intensity of aerial bombardments. For a long period Nationalist planes daily poured hundreds of tons of explosives into the enemy, but the Republicans seemed the mountainous countryside with a phenomenal ed his most daring infantry into a new army corps under his youngest and most brilliant general.
The subsequent fighting was reduced to desperate hand-to-hand combat with little artillery or aerial assistance.—Reuter. way centre.
Japanese artillery in southern Shansi. on the north bank of the Yellow River bend, have been daily shelling Tungkwan, which is an important pass on the south bank of the river and generally considered the gateway to China's Northwest. It is estimated that the Japanese are firing an average of 400 shells a day there.
In the meantime. their aircraft have been subjecting Sian to most severe bombing. At present the Chinese authorities there are evacuating the civilian population and also making military preparations in anticipation of hostilities in that area.—Reuter.
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