Hendaye, May 12.
Brigt sunshine broke 24 days of! almost constant rain today as General JGarcia Valino's Nationalist Navarese lurigade, aided by twenty bombers shattering Republican entrenchments, [swept through mountain passes and ject the main road from Teruel to the Mediterranean coast.
Nationalist Headquarters said troops virtually had closed the tray around 6000 to 12,000 Republicans entrenched in the mountains along the Teruel highway.
With the return of good weather, Gen, Aranda will resume his driv Jon Castellon de la Plana, on the coast within the next 24 hours the High Command announced.
Tons of Bombs Nationalist bombers dumped, tons: of bombs on Republican trenches the Padileo and Barragan mountains tanking the gorge through which General Valino's men advanced to fent the highway. The Nationalists [said it was now comparatively easy straighten the entire southern front to permit General Aranda to} advance without fear of flank oF rear attacks. 5 Scouting planes reported that Republican troops were hastily with~ rawing from the deeper part of the pocket. in which they were entrapped but were unable {0 evacuate their Reavy guns and mobile equipment down the tortuous mountain roads—United Press.
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